Objetivo: avaliar o nível de fragilidade dos idosos com doença renal crônica em tratamento conservador.Métodos: estudo transversal e correlacional com 35 idosos. A fragilidade foi avaliada por meio do instrumento Edmonton Frail Scale. Realizou-se análise descritiva e os coeficientes de Correlação de Spearman. Resultados: a fragilidade apresentou variação de mínimo um e máximo 14, com escore médio 7,71(±3,10). A...
Objective: to assess the frail level of the elderly with chronic kidney disease under conservative treatment.Methods: this is a cross-sectional and correlational study performed with 35 elderly. The frailty was assessed using the Edmonton Frail Scale instrument. A descriptive analysis and Spearman correlation coefficients were performed. Results: the frailty showed a minimal variation of 1 and maximum of 14, wi...
Objective: to assess the frail level of the elderly with chronic kidney disease under conservative treatment. Methods: this is a cross-sectional and correlational study performed with 35 elderly. The frailty was assessed using the Edmonton Frail Scale instrument. A descriptive analysis and Spearman correlation coefficients were performed. Results: the frailty showed a minimal variation of 1 and maximum of 14, w...
PURPOSE: This study has described and analysed the functional independence of the patients served in the haemodialysis services of a countryside town in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM). METHOD: The population considered was that of 214 patients being treated with haemodialysis, assessed in 2011, by means of a social, demographic and clinical report, a Mini-Mental ...