The relationship between Frailty and Quality of life in hospitalized old patient

One of the expected consequences of population aging is the increased prevalence of frailty. Various factors can affect the quality of life and frailty is probably one of them. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between frailty and quality of life in hospitalized old patients.

This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted on 120 old patients hospitalized in selected hospitals of Iran University of Medical Sciences who were included in the study using convenience methods. Data were collected through a Tilburg Frailty Index (TFI) and a 12-item quality of life questionnaire (SF-12). The data were analyzed with independent t-tests, analysis of variance, and Pearson's correlation coefficient using SPSS v.22.

64.2% of the old patients were men. The average age of the participants was 68.3 ± 8.11 years in the study. 62.5% of participants were frail. Quality of life had a negative and significant correlation with frailty (r= -0.72, P<0.001).

According to the findings, most of the old patients in the study were frail. Frailty had an inverse relationship with the quality of life, which means that with the increase of frailty, the quality of life decreases, and therefore, investigating and trying to reduce it can improve the quality of life of old patients.