Análise do estado de fragilidade e dos fatores associados no idoso hospitalizado em uma enfermaria de clínica médica

Abstract

The aim of the study was to analyze frailty and associated factors in hospital-ized elderly on a ward unit of the Distrito Federal (DF). The study was observational, cross-sectional and descriptive, consisting of 65 elderly people of both sexes, aged ≥ 60 years and hospitalized at the ward level. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were assessed and frailty status was stratified using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), con-sidering mild frailty (CFS 1-3), moderate frailty (CFS 4-6) and severe frailty (CFS 7-9). Inferential, descriptive and comparative analysis was performed using the chi-square (χ2) and one-way ANOVA tests, in addition to Stepwise multiple linear regression to identify associations between frailty and independent variables (p<0.05). The general prevalence of frailty in hospitalized elderly was 37.8% according to the CFS scale, with the majority being moderately frail. Female sex (p=0.003), advanced age (p=0.019) and lower education (p=0.001) were associated with severe frailty, as well as neurological diseases (p=0.019), musculoskeletal diseases (p=0.003) and hospitalization outside of theward unit (p=0.010). In hospitalized elderly, sociodemographic and clinical factors are related to the development of frailty.