THỰC TRẠNG HỘI CHỨNG SẢNG Ở NGƯỜI TỪ 60 TUỔI TRỞ LÊN TẠI KHOA CẤP CỨU BỆNH VIỆN LÃO KHOA TRUNG ƯƠNG

Abstract

Our study aimed to describe the situation of delirium syndrome among  patients aged 60 years and older in  Emergency Department in  National Geriatric Hospital.   This is a  cross-sectional descriptive study, including 106 patients  aged 60 years and older who came for examination and treatment in  Emergency Department in National Geriatric Hospital, were diagnosed with delirium syndrome according to diagnostic criteria of ICD 10. Results: Most of patients had  delirium symptoms were in the age group of 80 – 89 years old, the  mean age was  78.3 ± 10.9. There was a small gender difference, men were  more common than women (52.8% and 47.2%). Most elderly people lived with their families (68.9%). There were  2 cases livedg in the nursing home (1.9%). Most of the patients had visual impairment (87.7%) and hearing loss (81.1%). The most common symptoms were  spatial orientation disorder and memory loss, with the same rate of 89.6%,   followed by the decrease in attention span (61.3%). The least common was sleep-wake cycle reversal (24.5%).