Clinical Nursing·Surgical Nursing
The association of frailty and postoperative complications among older patients with surgery
Li Qiuping, Han Binru
Published 2019-02-21
Cite as Chin J Prac Nurs, 2019,35(6): 426-429. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2019.06.006
Abstract
ObjectiveTo explore the association of frailty and postoperative complications among older patients with surgery.
MethodsFrom November 2016 to November 2017, a total of 245 older patients with surgery were included in this study, demographic data, frailty status and potential risk factors were collected by using general information questionnaire, frailty phenotype and risk factors questionnaire. The outcome was the occurrence of postoperative complications in hospital. The mehod of t test, chi-square test or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test were used for univariate analysis; Logistic regression analysis was used for multivariate analysis.
ResultsThe prevalence of postoperative complication among surgical older patients was 25.71%, frailty patients were more prone to postoperative complications in hospital (χ2=51.385, P<0.01). After adjusted of age, activities of daily living, anesthesia classification, serum albumin, hemoglobin and other confounding factors, frailty still as a predictor of adverse outcome, OR=10.978, 95% CI=4.651-25.906 (P<0.01). The time of surgery and American Society of Anesthesiolgists anesthesia classification of could also influence the occurrence of outcome.
ConclusionsFrailty is an effective predictor of postoperative complication among older patients with surgery. Nurses could evaluate the frailty status about older patient and provide inventions to prevent the occurrence of adverse outcome.
Key words:
Aged; Surgery; Frailty; Complication
Contributor Information
Li Qiuping
Department of Nursing, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China
Han Binru