Association between daily physical exercise and frailty state in elderly inpatients in internal medicine department
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2025.03.017
- VernacularTitle:内科老年住院患者日常体育锻炼与衰弱状态的相关性研究
- Author:
Zhao MA
1
;
Jianjun WANG
;
Ke CHU
;
Yue DING
;
Menglong LYU
;
Zheng WANG
;
Hua WANG
Author Information
1. 北京医院康复医学科 国家老年医学中心 中国医学科学院老年医学研究院，北京 100730
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Inpatients;
Daily physical exercise;
Frailty
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2025;44(3):342-345
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the relationship between daily physical exercise and frailty state among elderly inpatients in internal medicine department.Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted among eligible elderly patients who hospitalized at the internal medicine department of Beijing Hospital from September 2018 to March 2019.Frailty was screened using the FRAIL scale, and their pre-hospitalization daily physical exercise was assessed through a questionnaire upon admission.The statistical methods include correlation analysis and logistic regression univariate and multivariate analysis.Results:A total of 533 eligible elderly patients in internal medicine were included in the study, with 129(24.2%)frail, 296(55.5%)pre-frail, and 108(20.3%)non-frail patients.328 patients(61.5%)exercised more than 5 times a week, while 102 patients(19.1%)hardly exercised at all.Physical exercise frequency had negative correlation with the FRAIL frailty score( r=-0.576, P<0.001).Both univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis shown daily physical exercise frequency was significantly associated with frailty( OR=0.56, 95% CI: 0.49-0.65, P<0.001)among elderly inpatients in internal medicine. Conclusions:For elderly inpatients in internal medicine department, daily physical exercise frequency is closely related to frailty status, serving as an independent factor in reducing the occurrence of frailty.Therefore, increasing the frequency of daily physical exercises is an effective measure to reduce the risk of frailty for this group of patients.
