Analysis of nursing demand condition of falling and medication safety in frailty process of the elderly
Abstract：Objective:To understand the frailty process,nursing demand condition of falling and medication safety of the elderly,and to analyze the correlation of frailty degree with the nursing demand of falls and medication safety.Methods:The elderly people aged 75 and over from 10 community health service centers in Tangshan city were enrolled in this study,and were investigated by Comprehensive Frailty Assessment Instrument (CFAI),Falls Risk for Older People in the Community Screening Tool(FROP-Com),and Medication Safety behavior for Older People Scale.Results:The frailty rate of 3 448 elderly were 100.0％,the frailty degree increased with age,and the difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).There was 25.9％ of the elderly whose safety nursing care request was higher,and 49.8％ who required a higher medication safety.Multi-factor analysis showed that age and frailty degree were the influence factors of elderly's nursing demand on falling.Education level and frailty degree were the influencing factors of elderly's nursing demand on medication safety.Conclusion:It was necessary to strengthen the safety of the elderly,especially medication safety,and corresponding care should be provided according to the frailty degree.
Keywords：the elderlyfrailtyfalling safety caremeditation safety
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 393-396 )