Investigation of frailty syndrome and self-care agency among hospitalized elderly patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2017.20.005
- VernacularTitle:住院患者老年衰弱综合征与自我护理能力的调查分析
- Author:
Kaixuan SUN
1
;
Yongbing LIU
;
Jin XUE
;
Ping HOU
;
Linfeng WU
;
Lingling XUE
;
Huiping XUE
;
Hongcan SHI
Author Information
1. 225001,扬州大学护理学院
- Keywords:
Aged;
Frailty;
Self-care agency
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2017;23(20):2588-2592
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the effect of self-care agency on frailty syndrome in hospitalized elderly patients.Methods A total of 102 hospitalized elderly patients were recruited by convenience sampling method and investigated by cross-sectional survey. The prevalence of frailty was evaluated by frailty phenotype, and socio-demographic characteristics scale and exercise of self-care agency scale were used to evaluated these patients.Results The prevalence of frailty syndrome were 31.4%(32/102). The total score of self-care agency scale was (104.38±20.20). Univariate analysis showed that the prevalence of frailty syndrome in elderly was statistically different in the age, household income, career, the number of chronic disease, the use of medication and self-assessment of health (P<0.05). Compared with no-frailty elderly, the self-care agency, especially self-worth of frailty syndrome patients reduced significantly(P<0.05). Multiple Logistic regression indicated that self-care skills (OR=0.775, 95%CI: 0.641-0.937) and self-worth (OR=0.585,95%CI: 0.424-0.807) were significant protective factors of frailty syndrome.Conclusions The poorer self-care skills and self-worth of the elderly, the higher prevalence of frailty syndrome. Raising the level of self-care agency actively can help to prevent or improve frailty syndrome.
