Nursing diagnosis Frail Elderly Syndrome: Literature review
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https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.4432Keywords:
Nursing Diagnosis, Frail Elderly, Signs and Symptoms, Risk Factors, Patient Assistance TeamAbstract
Objective: to identify, in the literature, the defining characteristics and factors related to the Frail Elderly Syndrome Nursing Diagnosis.Method: Integrative Literature Review, through the CAPES journal portal, in the LILACS, SCOPUS, BDENF, CINAHL MEDLINE, PubMed, Web Of Sciences and SciELO databases. In addition to the use of gray literature in Google Scholar and Open Grey.
Result: Eight articles and one dissertation were included. All publications were Brazilian, with a predominance of cross-sectional studies. The most frequent defining characteristics were: Impaired physical mobility; Decreased activity tolerance; Imbalanced nutrition: less than body needs and impaired ambulation. Three new features were identified: Urinary Incontinence; Dysfunctional family processes and sleep pattern disturbance. Regarding related factors, the most frequent were: Decreased muscle strength; Cognitive dysfunction and impaired postural balance.
Conclusion: given the results found, we suggest the inclusion of the defining characteristic Urinary Incontinence, for the nursing diagnosis Frail Elderly Syndrome.
Contributions to practice: the study provides nurses with a deeper understanding of the aforementioned diagnosis, supporting clinical reasoning.
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07/18/2022
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Nursing diagnosis Frail Elderly Syndrome: Literature review. (2022). In SciELO Preprints. https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.4432
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Copyright (c) 2022 Valérya Maria de Almeida França de Souza, Sílvia Maria de Sá Basílio Lins, Polyana Caroline Lima Bezerra, Rosimere Ferreira Santana, Patrícia Rezende do Prado, Rosane Barreto Cardoso

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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Grant numbers 001


