Correlation between frailty index of elder inpatients and life quality of their primary caregivers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2019.28.003
- VernacularTitle:老年住院患者衰弱程度与其主要照顾者生命质量的相关性
- Author:
Li WU
1
;
Yanrong ZHENG
Author Information
1. 首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院医保内科/老年科 100050
- Keywords:
Aged;
Frailty;
Primary caregivers;
Quality of life;
Correlation analysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2019;25(28):3574-3577
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective? To explore the correlation between frailty index of elder patients and quality of life of primary caregivers. Methods? Using convenience sampling method, 240 elderly inpatients and their main caregivers in Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University from January to December 2017 were selected. According to the results of the Chinese version of Care Partner-Frailty Index-Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CP-FI-CGA) Questionnaire survey, the patients were divided into mild frailty group (＜0.3 points) with 88 patients, moderate frailty group(0.3-0.5) with 65 patients and severe group(＞ 0.5) with 87 patients, the MOS Item Short Form(SF-36) was used to evaluate the life quality of the main caregivers in each group and Spearman correlation analysis was used to analyze the correlation between the frailty index and the life quality of the main caregivers. Results? The CP-FI-CGA index (0.40±0.10) of elderly inpatients ranged from 0.03 to 0.87, which was at a moderate level of frailty. With the increase of the frailty index of elderly inpatients, the four dimensions of "overall health", "vitality", "social functioning" and "role emotional" of the main caregivers in each group gradually decreased, with statistical significance (P＜ 0.05). The scores of "general health","vitality" and "social functioning" dimensions in severe frailty group were lower than those in moderate frailty group and mild frailty group, and the scores of "role emotional" dimension in severe frailty group and moderate frailty group were lower than those in mild frailty group, with statistical significance (P＜ 0.05). Spearman correlation analysis showed that the elderly inpatients' frailty index was negatively correlated with their main caregivers' "general health", "vitality", "social functioning" and "role emotional" (P＜0.05), but not correlated with "physical functioning", "role physical", "bodily pain" and "mental health" (P＞0.05). Conclusions? The elderly inpatients are at a moderate level of frailty, the degree of frailty may mainly affect the quality of life of the main caregivers in the field of mental health.
