Frailty and influencing factors in elderly patients with chronic heart failure

VernacularTitle:老年慢性心力衰竭患者衰弱现状及其影响因素分析
Author: Zhihua XU ¹ ; Xiaowei LI ; Xiuting YANG ; Yu CHEN
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1. 吉林大学中日联谊医院神经内科,长春 130033
Keywords: Aged; Frailty; Chronic heart failure; Influencing factors
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2019;25(17):2155-2158
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective? To explore the current status of frailty in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), and the influencing factors. Methods? From January 2016 to December 2017, a total of 190 elderly inpatients with CHF in Cardiology Department in China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University were selected as participants by convenient sampling method, and the CP-FI-CGA questionnaire was used in the study. Results? The 190 elderly patients with CHF scored (0.05-0.87) points in the CP-FI-CGA questionnaire with an overall average score of (0.32±0.10) points, indicating a moderate level of frailty. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that age, NYHA cardiac function classification and sleeping condition were the influence factors for frailty in elderly patients with CHF (P＜0.01). Conclusions? The elderly patients with CHF are mostly at moderate levels of frailty, the older the patients are, the worse their cardiac function and the sleep condition become, and the more serious the frailty get.