Factors associated with fragility in older adults hospitalized in surgical services.
Objective: To identify the factors associated with frailty in older adults hospitalized in surgical services of a Lambayeque hospital, March-June 2019. Materials and Methods: Analytical cross-sectional observational quantitative study. The elderly patients of the surgical services of the Almanzor Ag...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Perú |
| Institución: | Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo |
| Repositorio: | Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:cmhnaaa_ojs_cmhnaaa.cmhnaaa.org.pe:article/1317 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://cmhnaaa.org.pe/ojs/index.php/rcmhnaaa/article/view/1317 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Adulto mayor Fragilidad Complicaciones Posoperatorias Comorbilidad Aged Frailty Postoperative Complications Comorbidity |
| Sumario: | Objective: To identify the factors associated with frailty in older adults hospitalized in surgical services of a Lambayeque hospital, March-June 2019. Materials and Methods: Analytical cross-sectional observational quantitative study. The elderly patients of the surgical services of the Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo National Hospital were evaluated during 2019. A collection sheet and validated scales were used to comprehensively assess the elderly; The sample consisted of 358 patients; the sampling was census type. Results: The mean age was 75 years (± 9 years). The most frequent gender was male 184 people (51.4%). Cardiological risk III was associated with frailty in the bivariate analysis, of the 46 complication cases, 30 were frail patients (2 out of 3). 105 frail patients (29%) and 137 pre-frail patients (38%) were found. Conclusion: The factors associated with frailty were: female gender, illiterate or primary level, low and high comorbidity, patients with probable dementia, with social risk, with malnutrition and with abnormal hemoglobin; the mean age was 75 years (± 9 years), with a mean intake of 3 drugs per day (± 2 drugs) and the most frequent comorbidity was arterial hypertension, followed by type 2 Diabetes Mellitus without target organ injury, and less frequent were peripheral arterial disease followed by mild liver disease. |
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