Meta-integration of study on the frailty cognition and experience in the elderly
WANG Shikun
SHANG Yingcun
CHEN Xichen
PAN Hui
TAO Ran
Abstract：Objective To systematically evaluate and integrate the qualitative research on the cognition and experi-ence of frailty in the elderly,and to provide reference for promoting the implementation of clinical frailty management and the formulation of frailty intervention practice programs.Methods We searched databases including The Cochrane Li-brary,PubMed,Embase,Web of Science,PsycINFO,CINIHL,CNKI,Wanfang Date,VIP,China Biomedical Litera-ture Database,from inception to August 2023,to collect qualitative studies exploring cognition and experience of the elder-ly frailty.The quality of the literature was evaluated by the Australian Evidence-based Health Care Center Quality Evalua-tion Criteria for Qualitative Research(2016 Edition),and the results were summarized and integrated by the method of ag-gregative integration.Results A total of 12 articles were included,39 research results were extracted,and 10 new cate-gories were summarized.Three integration results were synthesized:reflection and response to frailty;the effects of frailty on memory,body,behavioral cognition,social participation,psychological,mental status and family economy;adjust to maintain a normal life.Conclusions There are differences in the perception of frailty among elderly people,but their ex-periences of frailty are not entirely the same.Medical staff should pay attention to their understanding of frailty and differ-ent coping strategies,to design and develop feasible intervention plans suitable for the elderly to cope with frailty.
Keywords：elderlyfrailtyperceptionexperiencequalitative researchmeta-synthesis
Publication Date：2024-02-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 40-46 )