title: Association of socioeconomic and clinical variables with the state of frailty among older inpatients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the prevalence of frailty among inpatient older adults in a clinical hospital and check the association of the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics with the state of frailty.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, conducted with 255 hospitalized patients. Materials used: structured instrument for the economical and clinical data and frailty phenotype of Fried. Descriptive and bivariate statistical analysis was carried out and, by means of chi-square tests and ANOVA One-way (p<0.05).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of frailty corresponded to 26.3%, while pre-frailty represented 53.3%. The highest proportion of frail seniors was identified for 80 years or older (p = 0.004), widowed (p = 0.035) and with the highest average length of stay (p = 0.006).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Inpatient older adults presented high percentages of frail states associated with socioeconomic variables and hospitalization period. The identification of the health conditions related to pre-frailty and frailty can foster the planning and implementation of the assistance to older adults in this context.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem em Educação e Saúde Comunitária, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Darlene Mara dos Santos
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Isabella Danielle
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Nader
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana Mapelli
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: de Paiva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flavia Aparecida
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maycon Sousa
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Pegorari
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000073496:Frailty / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors