Health promotion of frail elderly individuals and at risk of frailty

• Main Authors: Cynthia Roberta Dias Torres Silva (Author), Khelyane Mesquita de Carvalho (Author), Maria do Livramento Fortes Figueiredo (Author), Fernando Lopes Silva-Júnior (Author), Elaine Maria Leite Rangel Andrade (Author), Lydia Tolstenko Nogueira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objective: To identify interventions for the health promotion of frail elderly individuals and those at risk of frailty. Method: Integrative review of the literature performed in the following databases: LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE, Web of Science, COCHRANE and Scopus, using the Descriptors: "frail elderly", "aging", "health services for the aged" and "health promotion" combined with Boolean operators "AND" and "OR". Results: Randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) classified as level of evidence II represented 82.6% of studies. Interventions were analyzed according to the following categories: Interventions for the elderly at risk of frailty and Interventions for the frail elderly. Conclusion: The following interventions were identified: educational multiprofessional group meetings, physical training, home visit/home care program, nutrition assessment and supplementation, health maintenance programs and cognitive training; models/programs of management and monitoring, use of assistive technology devices and hospitalization program for geriatric rehabilitation.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0575