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Determining the frailty status in patients who apply for home health care
- Source :
- Volume: 4, Issue: 3 94-100, Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022.
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Abstract
- Background To examine the relationship between an institutionally prepared standardized patient evaluation form and the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) in patients receiving home health care. Material and Methods Our prospective, observational study included 200 patients over the age of 18 who requested home health care, regardless of gender. The EFS and institutional data collection forms were applied consecutively on the same day to all patients included in the study. Results Among the 200 individuals recruited for the study, 59% were female and 41% were male; the overall average age was 80 years. According to the EFS results, 4.5% of the patients were classified as non-frail, 6% were vulnerable, and 89.5% had varying degrees of frailty (mild, moderate and severe). There was a significant positive correlation between EFS score and age (p
Details
- ISSN :
- 26874245
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Turkish Journal of Internal Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c5bef45feebb46deb393f087f76872ef