Health promotion of frail elderly individuals and at risk of frailty

Rev Bras Enferm. 2019 Nov;72(suppl 2):319-327. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0575.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Frail Elderly*
  • Geriatrics / methods*
  • Geriatrics / trends
  • Health Promotion / methods*
  • Humans