Frailty profile for geriatric patients in outpatient clinic of RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Permatasari, T.D.^1 ; Sihombing, B.^1 ; Arianto, P.^1

Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Jl. Dr. Mansyur No. 1, Medan, Indonesia^1

关键词: Adverse outcomes;    Age groups;    Contributing factor;    Government employees;    Outpatient clinic;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012176/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012176

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Frailty is a circumstance of increased vulnerability to bad resolution of homeostasis after a stressor occasion, which increases the risk of adverse outcomes. Early detection of frailty in elderly patients is a must but is rarely in the Geriatric Outpatient settings. We conducted a study to see the frailty profile for geriatric patients in the outpatient clinic of RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan. A cross-sectional research with a descriptive method was in the Geriatric Outpatient Clinic of Adam Malik Hospital from July-September 2016. The population of this study was patients from the Geriatric Outpatient Clinic, and sampling was by using consecutive methods. Samples were by questionnaires assessing (FRAIL Scale).This study was140 patients. Based on age, the age group of 81-90 years was dominantly frail (53.8%). Most of the subjects worked as government employees (109 subjects), and most of them were robust (42.2%). Based on income, both groups were dominated by robust (38.3% and 41.3%, respectively). Based on BMI, most were robust with underweight 33.5%, normoweight 37.8%, and obese 44.7%. Among the 140 patients, frailty was in the 27.1% of the subjects and the contributing factors were Age, Gender, and Obesity.