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Research on related factors with frailty in older patients treated at Emergency Department, National Geriatric Hospital
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Objective: To evaluate some factors associated with frailty syndrome in older patients treated at Emergency Department, National Geriatric Hospital. Subject and method: This is a prospective cross-sectional research study with older inpatients over 60 years old at Emergency Department, National Geriatric Hospital from October from 2015 to October 2016. Frailty syndrome was assessed by Fried criteria. Result: A total 389 participants with mean of age was 79.1 ± 8.9 years. The prevalence of frailty in older patients was 68.4%. Acitivity daily living, instrumental acitivity daily living and comorbidity Charlson were significant associated with frailty in univariate logistics (p<0.05). Conclusion: Activity daily living, instrumental activity daily living and comorbidity Charlson were associated to frailty syndrome. Thus it is necessary to have early screening frailty in older patients with comorbidity and functional disability.
Keywords: Frailty, related factors, older aldults, emergency department.
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