Frailty and Factors Affecting It Among Older People Living in Nursing Home: A Cross-sectional Study

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between frailty and activities of daily living (ADLs), nutrition, pain, falling, and fear of falling in older people living in a nursing home.Materials and Methods: The study was descriptive and cross-sectional design. Data were collected from older people who were aged >= 65 years using a socio-demographic characteristics form, the comorbidity index, the Edmonton frail scale, the Katz index of independence in activities of daily living, the visual analogue scale, nutritional risk screening, and the fear of falling scale.Results: The mean age of the 183 older people participating in the study was 74.64 +/- 7.58, and prevalence of frailty among older people living in the nursing home was 47.6%. As a result of the multiple linear regression analysis, dependency levels for ADLs (6=-0.240, p<0.001), age (6=0.121, p=0.043), being single (6=-0.148, p=0.028), having undergone surgery in the past year (6=-0.207, p=0.005), feeling exhausted (6=-0.214, p=0.005), pain scores (6=0.152, p=0.035), and having had a fracture associated with a fall (6=0.164, p=0.030) were statistically significant predictors of frailty.Conclusion: It was determined that the frailty levels of the older people living in the nursing home were associated with their dependency levels for ADLs, age, being single, feeling exhausted, having undergone surgery in the past year, pain levels, and fractures due to falling.