[ XXXX and @entity308 levels in medical inpatients and their relation to the severity of illness].

@entity1 @entity148 @entity221 @entity308
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: @entity148 and @entity308 are common among medical inpatients. While their relation to the severity of illness is often discussed, the feeling of such severity by the @entity1 and his/her prospects of improvement can be influenced by @entity148 and @entity308 . @entity1 AND METHOD: @entity1 admitted in an internal medicine ward. Sociodemographic characteristics, State-Trait @entity148 Inventory, Hospital @entity148 and @entity308 Scale (HAD), Beck @entity308 Inventory (BDI), APACHE II, illness severity and reversibility self-evaluation were recorded. The HAD cut-off for @entity148 or @entity308 was 10. RESULTS: We included 260 admissions: 66.2% @entity1 , mean age 64.1 years. @entity148 was detected in 39.8% of @entity1 and 21.5% of @entity1 (p = 0.003); 31.8% of @entity1 and 16.3% of @entity1 had @entity308 (p = 0.006). Anxious and @entity308 subjects did not score high in APACHE. Anxious @entity1 had a worse knowledge of the medical diagnosis. @entity308 @entity1 were older, had a lower educational level and a greater physical impairment. @entity1 with a higher perception of severity displayed higher scores both on @entity148 and @entity308 scales. @entity1 with @entity221 reversibility self-evaluation had more @entity148 and @entity308 , and more illness severity as well. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of @entity148 and @entity308 in hospitalized medical @entity1 is high, occurs mainly in @entity1 , and no relation to illness severity is observed. @entity148 and @entity308 are associated with both illness perception of greater severity and less improvement.
