The effect of frailty level on acceptance of illness in older people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
| Autor: | Fisun Şenuzun Aykar, Yasemin Yildirim, Canan Bozkurt |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty Chronic Obstructive Edmonton Frail Scale Beck Depression Inventory Pulmonary disease frailty malnutrition Pulmonary disease chronic obstructive Article smoking Pulmonary Disease male medicine Adults cross-sectional study human Geriatrics pain intensity sociology geriatrics business.industry alcohol thorax disease lung capacity questionnaire scoring system Likert scale lung function outpatient department dyspnea forced expiratory volume major clinical study body mass social status aged female risk factor geriatric disorder Geriatrics and Gerontology Copd Older people business chronic obstructive lung disease |
| Popis: | Introduction: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of frailty level on acceptance of illness in older people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A descriptive and correlational design was used. Materials and Methods: The sample comprised 311 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease patients aged 65 years and older who applied to the Chest Diseases outpatient clinics of the Chest Diseases and Surgery Hospital between February-April 2018. The Individual Diagnostic Form, the Edmonton Frailty Scale, and the Acceptance of Illness Scale were used. The Statistical Package for Social Science 23.0 was used for analysing the data. Results: The mean age of the patients included in the study was 71.7 ± 6.0, and 74% of the patients were male. The mean score of frailty of the patients was found to be 5.00±3.36, and 49.8% were not frail. The mean score of acceptance of illness was 26.99±8.44. According to the results of the study, there was a strong negative correlation between the level of frailty and the level of acceptance of illness in older people (p |
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