TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Assessment of frailty in the elderly
JO  - Florence Nightingale journal of nursing
A1  - Düzgün, Gönül
A1  - Üstündağ, Sema
A1  - Karadakovan, Ayfer
SP  - 2
EP  - 8
VL  - 29
IS  - 1
N2  - AIM: This study aimed to evaluate frailty in older individuals and to identify factors related to frailty. <br><br>METHOD: The descriptive, and cross-sectional study was conducted with 111 elderly patients who received inpatient treatment in a university hospital between January and September 2016. Ethics committee approval, institutional consent, and informed patient consent were obtained for the study. Along with the Edmonton Frail Scale, a data form was used to collect data about the patient's sociodemographics, disease status, and fall incidents. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews. <br><br>RESULTS: The prevalence of severe frailty was 19.8%. Significant relationships were found between frailty and advanced age, low education, low income, continuous use of medicines, and a history of falls within the last year. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Elderly individuals included in the study were categorized as "vulnerable" (Edmonton Frail Scale score of 6.84±3.83) and were at the borderline for "mild frailty" (Edmonton Frail Scale score of 7-8). The factors associated with frailty were advanced age, low education, and income level, continuous use of medicines, and the history of falls within the last year.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2687-6442
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/FNJN.2021.414736
ID  - ref1
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