Evaluation of frailty and its impact on geriatric assessment
| Autor: | Maria Magdalena Leon-Constantin, Ioana Alexandra Sandu, Alexandra Mastaleru, Adina Carmen Ilie, Ramona Stefaniu, Anca Iuliana Pislaru, Irina Mihaela Abdulan, Ioana Dana Alexa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Gerontology Aging Frail Elderly Frail Older Adults Nutritional Status 03 medical and health sciences Cognition 0302 clinical medicine Residence Characteristics Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Medicine Cognitive Dysfunction Cognitive impairment Geriatric Assessment Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Frailty 030214 geriatrics Depression business.industry Malnutrition Geriatric assessment Mental Status and Dementia Tests medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Cross-Sectional Studies Nutrition Assessment Ageing Population Surveillance Female Geriatric Depression Scale Geriatrics and Gerontology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Psychogeriatrics. 20:321-326 |
| ISSN: | 1479-8301 1346-3500 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/psyg.12506 |
| Popis: | Aim Frailty has become an increasingly important topic, being directly correlated with ageing, presence of comorbidities, and also with other factors. It is a state of high vulnerability and is a consequence of ageing-related decline in whole body functioning. In order to initiate preventive and therapeutic measures, we need to identify the characteristics of current frail older adults. To identify the characteristics of frailty depending on age, area of residence and to assess the relationship between frailty and disability, cognitive impairment, malnutrition, depression and comorbidities. Methods Included in the study were 663 consecutively admitted patients over the age of 65. Frailty was evaluated using the Fried criteria and a comprehensive geriatric assessment. The mean age of the subjects enrolled in this study was 76.58 ± 6.5 years, most of the patients residing in rural areas (62.4%). Results A diagnosis of frailty was made in 73% of the study patients. The presence of frailty was found to be negatively correlated, statistically significant with cognitive function assessed by Mini-Mental State Examination (P = 0.039, r = -0.094) and malnutrition assessed by Mini Nutritional Assessment (P = 0.001, r = -0.151). Also, the presence of frailty was positively correlated, statistically significant with depression evaluated by Geriatric Depression Scale (P = 0.046, r = 0.093). Conclusions Frailty is a common condition in the surveyed elderly population. It is associated with the presence of other geriatric syndromes such as malnutrition, cognitive impairment, depression, and is influenced by age. |
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