Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases
Introduction: Changes in the body related to the aging process and occurring diseases can significantly impede independent functioning in everyday life. Functional fitness of an elderly person can be seen as the ability to perform everyday, normal activities independently and with no effort. The a...
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| author | Mariusz Wysokiński Halina Lenartowicz Wiesław Fidecki Katarzyna Przylepa Aneta Jędrzejewska |
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| description | Introduction: Changes in the body related to the aging process and occurring diseases can significantly impede independent functioning in everyday life. Functional fitness of an elderly person can be seen as the ability to perform everyday, normal activities independently and with no effort.
The aim of the study: The aim of the study was to determine the functional efficiency of elderly patients hospitalized in the department of lung disease
Material and methods: The research was carried out in the lung diseases department of the Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin. The group consisted of 153 patients aged from 65 to 89 years. 53.60% of the respondents were women. The research material was collected using the NOSGER scale (Nurses' Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients).
Results: In the assessment of patients, the result for the whole group was obtained at the average level of 73.91+11.42 points. The respondents functioned the worst in the area of instrumental activities of everyday life (13.53 points) and in the field of social behavior (13.54 points). The respondents functioned in the best way in the field of memory (8.01 points). Younger respondents (65-70 years old) performed better at 71.05+1.12 points. Women had higher functional fitness (72.03+11.23 points). The best biopsychosocial efficiency was demonstrated by people with higher education 68.91+9.00 points. Patients from the urban environment performed better compared to people from rural areas (79.32±10.12 points vs. 82.20±11.00 points).
Conclusions: Elderly patients hospitalized in the department of lung diseases were characterized by reduced biopsychosocial efficiency. The largest deficits occurred in the field of instrumental activities of everyday life and social behavior. Age, gender, education and place of residence significantly differentiated the degree of functional efficiency of the examined patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33039df5cc634b449576175290308f5d2022-12-22T02:08:56ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062018-11-01811Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseasesMariusz Wysokiński0Halina Lenartowicz1Wiesław Fidecki2Katarzyna Przylepa3Aneta Jędrzejewska4Chair of Development in Nursing, Medical University of LublinInstitute of Medical Sciences, State School of Higher Education in ChełmChair of Development in Nursing, Medical University of LublinDepartment of Foreign Languages I Faculty of Medicine with Dentistry Division Medical University of LublinChair of Development in Nursing, Medical University of LublinIntroduction: Changes in the body related to the aging process and occurring diseases can significantly impede independent functioning in everyday life. Functional fitness of an elderly person can be seen as the ability to perform everyday, normal activities independently and with no effort. The aim of the study: The aim of the study was to determine the functional efficiency of elderly patients hospitalized in the department of lung disease Material and methods: The research was carried out in the lung diseases department of the Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin. The group consisted of 153 patients aged from 65 to 89 years. 53.60% of the respondents were women. The research material was collected using the NOSGER scale (Nurses' Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients). Results: In the assessment of patients, the result for the whole group was obtained at the average level of 73.91+11.42 points. The respondents functioned the worst in the area of instrumental activities of everyday life (13.53 points) and in the field of social behavior (13.54 points). The respondents functioned in the best way in the field of memory (8.01 points). Younger respondents (65-70 years old) performed better at 71.05+1.12 points. Women had higher functional fitness (72.03+11.23 points). The best biopsychosocial efficiency was demonstrated by people with higher education 68.91+9.00 points. Patients from the urban environment performed better compared to people from rural areas (79.32±10.12 points vs. 82.20±11.00 points). Conclusions: Elderly patients hospitalized in the department of lung diseases were characterized by reduced biopsychosocial efficiency. The largest deficits occurred in the field of instrumental activities of everyday life and social behavior. Age, gender, education and place of residence significantly differentiated the degree of functional efficiency of the examined patients.https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/25242geriatric assessmentfunctional fitnesselderly peopledepartment of lung diseases |
| spellingShingle | Mariusz Wysokiński Halina Lenartowicz Wiesław Fidecki Katarzyna Przylepa Aneta Jędrzejewska Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases Journal of Education, Health and Sport geriatric assessment functional fitness elderly people department of lung diseases |
| title | Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases |
| title_full | Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases |
| title_short | Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases |
| title_sort | assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases |
| topic | geriatric assessment functional fitness elderly people department of lung diseases |
| url | https://apcz.umk.pl/JEHS/article/view/25242 |
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