Background
To validate a predictive scoring system for 1-year mortality among psychogeriatric inpatients admitted for acute psychiatric care.
Methods
Computerized data were extracted from the District Health Board Database for a university affiliated general hospital. A geriatric risk scoring system developed in the USA was employed to validate mortality within 1-year of hospital discharge.
Results
Among 125 psychogeriatric inpatients who were discharged in 2017, [mean age 82.8 (± 8.9) years, 82 (65.6%) women] 33 (26.4%), [mean age, 87.7 (± 11.1) years, 25 (75.7%) women] died within 1-year. Levine’s mortality index predicted death. A post hoc probit analysis found two factors significantly associated with predicted mortality: metastatic cancer and discharge to care.
Conclusions
A geriatric1-year mortality scoring system accurately predicted mortality among psychogeriatric inpatients. Predicting psychogeriatric mortality should be considered a guideline for ensuring quality of care and appropriate discharge and advanced care planning.