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

• Autor(a) principal: Fabrício-Wehbe,Suzele Cristina Coelho
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Rodrigues,Rosalina Aparecida Partezani, Haas,Vanderlei Jose, Fhon,Jack Roberto Silva, Diniz,Marina Aleixo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672016000400691
• topic: Frail Elderly; Aged; Hospitalization; Institutionalization; Geriatric Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: to investigate the association between frailty with hospitalization and institutionalization in a follow-up study of elderly residents. Method: the follow-up study was performed in 2008 and 2013 with elderly of both genders, aged 65 years and older who were living in the community-dwelling. The sampling procedure performed was probabilistic, with dual-stage clustering. In 2008, 515 elderly people were interviewed and, in 2013, 262. We used the socioeconomic and demographic data, self-reported morbidity, specific data of hospitalization and institutionalization. Frailty was measured by the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), and functional capacity through the Functional Independence Measure. Results: we found the mean gross EFS score was higher among resident elderly who were hospitalized and institutionalized and was statistically significant in both investigated years. Conclusion: the confirmation of association between frailty and hospitalization and institutionalization reinforces the importance of the subject, and highlights frailty as an important tool for risk estimates for these adverse events.