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767: THE IMPACT OF PERCEIVED AGE ON PATIENT OUTCOMES IN NEUROCRITICAL CARE

www.ccmjournal.org Critical Care Medicine • Volume 46 • Number 1 (Supplement) Learning Objectives: Perceived age, or how young or old individuals feel relative to their chronological age, is a crucial construct in geriatrics. A relatively lower perceived age has been associated with increased levels of physical activity, higher life satisfaction, and better psychological health and lower mortality. The purpose of this study was to understand whether perceived age affects mortality and recovery in neurocritical care. Methods: This study was conducted as part of an IRB approved longitudinal prospective cohort study at Mount Sinai Hospital Neurocritical Care (NCC) unit to understand the impact of resilience, reserve, and spirituality on recovery. Demographic, clinical, and outcomes data were recorded for patients expected to stay in the NCC unit for ≥ 48 hours. At baseline, patients, or their surrogates, were asked whether the patient felt older, the same, or younger than their biological age. We analyzed the correlation of subjects’ perceived age and outcomes as described by discharge destination and ICU length of stay (LoS). Good outcome was defined as a discharge destination of home, outpatient rehab, acute rehab, and subacute rehab. Poor outcome was defined as discharge to nursing home or in hospital mortality. Results: Good outcomes for those with younger perceived age, perceived age same as biological age and older perceived age were 24 (92%), 19 (90%), and 4 (80%) respectively, which was not statistically significant in an unadjusted analysis (P = 0.62). Length of stay for the younger, perceived age same as biological age and older perceived age groups were 13 ± 10 days, 9 ± 10 days, and 13 ± 13 days respectively, which was also not statistically significant (P = 0.72). We also found no impact of perceived age on these outcomes in a stratified analysis among older (age > 65) and younger patients. Conclusions: Perceived age, although an important determinant of health care outcomes in geriatrics, does not appear to influence LoS or functional outcome after neurocritical illness.