Association of frailty in hospitalized and institutionalized elderly in the community-dwelling

Fabrício-Wehbe, Suzele Cristina Coelho; Rodrigues, Rosalina Aparecida Partezani; Haas, Vanderlei José; Fhon, Jack Roberto Silva; Diniz, Marina Aleixo

doi:10.1590/0034-7167.2016690411i

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“…Frailty is related to demographic factors, such as being female, increasing age 5 , and the presence of adverse health events, such as decreased cognitive status 6 , polypharmacy 7 , sarcopenia 8 , falls 9 , institutionalization, hospitalization 10 , and death 11 .…”

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Factors associated with frailty in older adults

Fhon¹,

Rodrigues²,

Santos³

et al. 2018

Rev. saúde pública

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OBJECTIVE To determine the demographic and health factors related to the frailty syndrome in older adults.METHODS This is a longitudinal quantitative study carried out with 262 older adults aged 65 years and older, of both sexes, living at home. Data collection was carried out in Period 1 between October 2007 and February 2008, and in Period 2 between July and December 2013. For data collection, we used the sociodemographic profile instrument, the Edmonton Frail Scale, the Mini-Mental State Examination, the number of falls in the last 12 months, the number of self-reported diseases and used drugs, the Functional Independence Measure, and the Lawton and Brody Scale. We used descriptive statistics for data analysis, in the comparison of the means between periods, the nonparametric Wilcoxon test, and the method of Generalized Estimating Equations, which is considered an extension of the Generalized Linear Models with p ≤ 0.05.RESULTS Of the 515 participants, 262 completed the follow-up, with a predominance of females, older individuals, and those who had no partner; there was an increase in frail older adults. In the Generalized Estimating Equations analysis, frailty score was related to sociodemographic (increase in age, no partner, and low education level) and health variables (more diseases, drugs, falls, and decrease in functional capacity). There was an association between the variables of age (older), marital status (no partner), and loss of functional capacity.CONCLUSIONS Frailty syndrome was associated with increasing age, having no partner, and decreased functional capacity over time, and investments are required to prevent this syndrome and promote quality in aging.

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Factors associated with frailty in older adults

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Santos³

et al. 2018

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“…In a systematic review with 19 articles, the authors verified the prevalence of frailty in the elderly between 2.3% and 75.0% ( 7 ) . Research indicates that frailty is associated with demographic factors, such as female sex and old age ( 7 - 8 ) , and with clinical conditions, such as decreased functional capacity and cognitive status ( 9 ) , increased number of falls and hospitalizations ( 10 ) and death ( 11 ) .…”

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Frailty syndrome among elderly and associated factors: comparison of two cities

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Fhon

Pontes

et al. 2018

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

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Objective to compare the frailty syndrome among elderly people living at home in two Brazilian cities and to identify factors related to sociodemographic and health-related variables.Method population-based cross-sectional study with 480 elderly individuals from the cities of Ribeirão Preto/SP and João Pessoa/PB, with application of the Mini Mental State Examination instruments and the Edmonton Frailty, Geriatric Depression and Lawton and Brody scales. Descriptive analysis, Chi-square test, Fisher’s test, Student’s t-test, Spermann’s correlation and Logistic regression were used. In all analyzes, the level of significance was set at p≤0.05.Results in relation to frailty, it was verified that living in Ribeirão Preto, presenting advanced age, low schooling, multiple chronic diseases, reduced cognitive status and functional capacity, besides depressive symptoms, are factors associated with the frailty syndrome, in both cities.Conclusion we identified that the frailty syndrome in the elderly of both cities has a relation with the place where the elderly person lives, age, schooling, number of diseases, reduction of cognitive status, functional capacity and presence of symptoms depressive.

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“…1 Institutionalized people generally experience physical or mental disability, some of who are of advanced age with dependence on daily activities, including oral hygiene. 2 This procedure is performed most often by caregivers who may not have received proper training 3 and may represent an additional risk of the virus spreading because of the high viral load in the upper respiratory tract of infected individuals. 4 This practice may certainly cause concern to staff due to the possibility of cross-infection.…”

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