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- Title
Factors that contribute to a NANDA nursing diagnosis of risk for frail elderly syndrome.
- Authors
da Graça Oliveira Crossetti, Maria; Antunes, Michele; Ferreira Waldman, Beatriz; Rubin Unicovsky, Margarita Ana; Henrique de Rosso, Lucas; Dalla Lana, Letice
- Abstract
Objective: Identify the risk factors that contribute to a NANDA-I nursing diagnosis of risk for frail elderly system. Method: Cross-sectional study with 395 elderly subjects, conducted from November 2010 to January 2013, in a university hospital in South of Brazil. Sociodemographic data were collected and levels of frailty were identified according to the Edmonton Frail Scale. Results: A total of 177 (44.81%) participants were classified as frail. There was a significant association between frailty and being female (p=0.031), nonwhite (p=0.008), having no romantic partner (p=0.014), no schooling (p=0.001), a monthly income lower than the minimum wage (p=0.034), and preexisting morbidities for respiratory diseases (p=0.003) as well as infectious and parasitic diseases (p=0.040). Diseases of the tracts genitourinary (p = 0.035), respiratory (p = 0.001) and blood (p = 0.035) were the primary reasons for hospitalization. Conclusion: The results contribute to the development and implementation of the nursing diagnosis in the hospital setting.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; ACADEMIC medical centers; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; FRAIL elderly; LONGITUDINAL method; MARITAL status; NOSOLOGY; NURSING diagnosis; PROBABILITY theory; STATISTICAL sampling; SEX distribution; MATHEMATICAL variables; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; DISEASE prevalence; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Revista Gaucha de Enfermagem, 2018, Vol 39, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0102-6933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1983-1447.2018.2017-0233