Influence of social supports on frailty in elderly maintenance hemodialysis patients

VernacularTitle:社会支持对维持性血液透析老年患者衰弱的影响
Author: Liqin YE ¹ ; Ying ZHOU ; Hailin ZHANG ; Lixia YIN ; Yongping ZHANG
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1. 徐州医科大学附属连云港医院血液净化中心 222002
Keywords: Maintenance hemodialysis; Frailty; Social support
From: Chinese Journal of Geriatrics 2019;38(1):72-75
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the current situations of the frailty and the perceived social support and explore the influence of social support on the frailty in elderly maintenance hemodialysis patients.Methods The 237 elderly patients with maintenance hemodialysis were investigated by the Fried frailty phenotype and the perceived social support scale in this cross-sectional study.Results The prevalence of frailty was 163 (68.8％)in 237 patients.The level of perceived social support was low.The frailty was negatively correlated with the social supportscore,family support,friends support,and other support(r =-0.326,-0.129,-0.301 and-0.230,respectively,all P ＜0.05).Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that friends support,dialysis vintage,Charlson comorbidity index(CCI)score and activities of daily living(ADL)score were the main influential factors for frailty in elderly maintenance hemodialysis patients.Conclusions Medical staff should evaluate the frailty in elderly patients with maintenance hemodialysis,and the frailty can be alleviated by improving the support of friends.