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Avaliação Da Fragilidade De Idosos Internados Em Serviço De Emergência De Um Hospital Universitário
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Antunes, Juliane De Fátima Santos Okuno, Meiry Fernanda Pinto Lopes, Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Campanharo, Cássia Regina Vancini Batista, Ruth Ester Assayag |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The objective in this study was to assess the frailty of elderly hospitalized at the Emergency Service of a university hospital in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The data were collected between March and June 2014. Cross-sectional study involving 101 elderly, hospitalized for 24 hours or more. To develop the analysis, the Edmonton Frail Scale was applied. The mean age was 75 years, 50.5% female, 58.4% did not finish primary education, 89.1% retired or pensioner and 84.2% accompanied by a caregiver. Frequent antecedents were: arterial hypertension (65.3%), diabetes mellitus (65.3%) and smoking (44.6%). Concerning the frailty, the mean total score was 9.85, indicating moderate frailty. The elderly people with neurological diseases, dementia, more advanced age and who had a caregiver demonstrated higher levels of frailty. Frailty screening favors planning with a view to preventing disability and the worsening of the elderly people’s health conditions. |
| Starting Page | 264 |
| Ending Page | 271 |
| Page Count | 8 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 20 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/download/39928/25516 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i2.39928 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
