title: Perceived Risk of Death in Older Primary Care Patients.
abstract: There is a large gap between life expectancy and healthy life years at age 65. To reduce this gap, it is necessary that people with medical concerns perceived at higher risk of adverse outcomes are readily identified and treated. The same goes for the need to implement prevention plans. The main objectives of this study are to, in a first step, (a) estimate the percentage of medical concerns, (b) identify factors associated with this concern; in a second step, (c) estimate the perceived risk of death, and (d) evaluate the ability of medical concerns to predict this risk. Results show that the existence and severity of medical concerns are crucial in the prediction of perceived risk of death. Early identification of severity of medical concerns and the availability and adequacy of informal caregiving should allow healthcare professionals to promptly initiate an appropriate assessment and treatment of older patients.
authors.affiliation: 1 UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.|2 Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Laetitia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: 1 UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.|2 Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Maria João
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.affiliation: 1 UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.|2 Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.affiliation: 1 UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.|2 Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Mafalda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: 3 Health Research Board, Clinical Research Facility Galway, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.
authors.forename: Rónán
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: O'Caoimh
authors.affiliation: 4 Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, St Finbarrs Hospital, University College Cork, Cork City, Ireland.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Molloy
authors.affiliation: 1 UNIFAI, Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.|2 Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar (ICBAS), University of Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Constança
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Paúl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: informal caregiver; medical concerns; perceived risk of death; prevention; primary care patients