Nursing diagnosis Frail Elderly Syndrome: Literature review

• Autor(a) principal: Souza, Valérya Maria de Almeida França de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Lins, Sílvia Maria de Sá Basílio, Bezerra, Polyana Caroline Lima, Santana, Rosimere Ferreira, Prado, Patrícia Rezende do, Cardoso, Rosane Barreto
• Tipo de documento: preprint
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: SciELO Preprints
• Texto Completo: https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/preprint/view/4432
• topic: Diagnóstico de Enfermagem; Idoso Fragilizado; Sinais e Sintomas; Fatores de Risco; Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente; Nursing Diagnosis; Frail Elderly; Signs and Symptoms; Risk Factors; Patient Assistance Team

Objective: to identify, in the literature, the defining characteristics and factors related to the Frail Elderly Syndrome Nursing Diagnosis. Method: Integrative Literature Review, through the CAPES journal portal, in the LILACS, SCOPUS, BDENF, CINAHL MEDLINE, PubMed, Web Of Sciences and SciELO databases. In addition to the use of gray literature in Google Scholar and Open Grey. Result: Eight articles and one dissertation were included. All publications were Brazilian, with a predominance of cross-sectional studies. The most frequent defining characteristics were: Impaired physical mobility; Decreased activity tolerance; Imbalanced nutrition: less than body needs and impaired ambulation. Three new features were identified: Urinary Incontinence; Dysfunctional family processes and sleep pattern disturbance. Regarding related factors, the most frequent were: Decreased muscle strength; Cognitive dysfunction and impaired postural balance. Conclusion: given the results found, we suggest the inclusion of the defining characteristic Urinary Incontinence, for the nursing diagnosis Frail Elderly Syndrome. Contributions to practice: the study provides nurses with a deeper understanding of the aforementioned diagnosis, supporting clinical reasoning.