Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment

Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Jamile Lais Bruinsma¹  Ana Cristina Geiss Casarolli¹  Margrid Beuter¹  Josiane Caroline Zimmermann¹  Caren da Silva Jacobi¹  Larissa Venturini¹ 

[1] Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS;

关键词: envelhecimento;    idoso fragilizado;    neoplasias;    enfermagem;    quimioterapia;   

DOI  :  10.5902/2179769224587

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Aim: to characterize and verify the fragility of the elderly in outpatient chemotherapy treatment in a university hospital of southern Brazil, and to identify the association between fragility and the following variables: chemotherapeutic effect, treatment time and selfreported diseases. Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 70 elderly in the chemotherapy outpatient, from August to September 2014 by means of Edmonton Frail Scale and characterization form. Results: fifty percent did not present fragility, 31.4% were apparently vulnerable and 18.6% had some level of fragility. Among the frail elderly, 15.7% had mild fragility, 1.4% moderate and 1.4% severe. The association between frailty and self-reported diseases, time of treatment and chemotherapeutic effects was not statistically significant. Conclusion: it was point to applicability of the scale to identify predisposing factors for the fragility syndrome and to enable preventive actions for the elderly in chemotherapeutic treatment

【 授权许可】

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