Subjects: Nursing >> Nursing submitted time 2023-06-12
Abstract： Objective To explore the influencing factors and current situation about frailty of the elderly patients in Beijing, and to provide references for further health assessment about elderly patients, in order to provide reference about choosing the right methods for nursing elderly patients and improving the quality of nursing. Methods The convenience sampling method was used to select the elderly inpatients admitted to three hospitals in Beijing from April to May 2021. Use the Tilburg frailty indicator (TFI) to investigate and assess the 200 elderly patients. Results The score of frailty in elderly patients is (5.34±2.99), about 57.99%(98/169) elderly patients were living with frailty. Lower scores of the project was “Questions related to living alone”(13.02%), “Cognition”(13.02%) and “Coping” (18.93%); Higher scores of the project was “Physical health”(68.05%), “difficulty in walking”(55.03%) and “Physical tiredness”(49.70%). The elderly patients’ “age”, “presence of two or more chronic diseases”, “life events in the last year” were related to frailty(P＜0.05). Conclusion In hospitals of Beijing, the frailty conditions are more common in elderly patients. It should be highly concerned about the elderly patients in nursing working, in order to provide nursing skills systematically and reasonably, make them adapted to the life in hospital.
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