Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment
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: cro...
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| author | Josiane Caroline Zimmermann Margrid Beuter Jamile Lais Bruinsma Ana Cristina Geiss Casarolli Caren da Silva Jacobi Larissa Venturini |
| author_facet | Josiane Caroline Zimmermann Margrid Beuter Jamile Lais Bruinsma Ana Cristina Geiss Casarolli Caren da Silva Jacobi Larissa Venturini |
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| description | 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 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d40b8429171e4569a9e244166012a1cd2022-12-22T02:36:56ZporUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaRevista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2179-76922179-76922017-09-017229130310.5902/217976922458713563Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatmentJosiane Caroline Zimmermann0Margrid Beuter1Jamile Lais Bruinsma2Ana Cristina Geiss Casarolli3Caren da Silva Jacobi4Larissa Venturini5Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RSUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RSUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RSUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RSUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RSUniversidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RSAim: 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 treatmenthttps://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/24587envelhecimentoidoso fragilizadoneoplasiasenfermagemquimioterapia |
| spellingShingle | Josiane Caroline Zimmermann Margrid Beuter Jamile Lais Bruinsma Ana Cristina Geiss Casarolli Caren da Silva Jacobi Larissa Venturini Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria envelhecimento idoso fragilizado neoplasias enfermagem quimioterapia |
| title | Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment |
| title_full | Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment |
| title_short | Assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment |
| title_sort | assessment of elderly fragility in outpatient chemotherapy treatment |
| topic | envelhecimento idoso fragilizado neoplasias enfermagem quimioterapia |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/24587 |
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