Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant worldwide cause of chronic illness and mortality and one of the most common admitting diagnoses in the United States. Persons with COPD are at increased risk for deconditioning during hospitalization, which can lead to decreased functional status at discharge. Disease-related factors and elements of the hospital environment make older adults with COPD vulnerable to hospital-associated functional status decline. The purpose of this dissertation was to identify activity factors that contribute to hospital-associated functional status decline in older adults with COPD by promoting functioning during hospitalization. This predictive correlational study is a secondary analysis of a pre-existing dataset. Patients with COPD were pulled from the larger parent study sample for comparison with patients without COPD.
Sigma Membership
Zeta Phi
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Descriptive/Correlational
Research Approach
Other
Keywords:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Mobility, Older Adults, Functional Status
Advisor
Janet Fulton
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
Indiana University
Degree Year
2017
Recommended Citation
Shay, Amy C., "Hospital-associated functional status decline in pulmonary patients" (2024). Dissertations. 1559.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1559
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2024-09-03
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10618609; ProQuest document ID: 1952261948. The author still retains copyright.