title: Association of frailty in hospitalized and institutionalized elderly in the community-dwelling.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to investigate the association between frailty with hospitalization and institutionalization in a follow-up study of elderly residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  the follow-up study was performed in 2008 and 2013 with elderly of both genders, aged 65 years and older who were living in the community-dwelling. The sampling procedure performed was probabilistic, with dual-stage clustering. In 2008, 515 elderly people were interviewed and, in 2013, 262. We used the socioeconomic and demographic data, self-reported morbidity, specific data of hospitalization and institutionalization. Frailty was measured by the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), and functional capacity through the Functional Independence Measure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  we found the mean gross EFS score was higher among resident elderly who were hospitalized and institutionalized and was statistically significant in both investigated years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the confirmation of association between frailty and hospitalization and institutionalization reinforces the importance of the subject, and highlights frailty as an important tool for risk estimates for these adverse events.
authors: Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Suzele Cristina Coelho
authors: SC
authors: Fabrício-Wehbe
authors: Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
authors: RA
authors: Rodrigues
authors: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Postgraduate Program in Health Care. Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors: Vanderlei Jose
authors: VJ
authors: Haas
authors: Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Jack Roberto Silva
authors: JR
authors: Fhon
authors: Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Marina Aleixo
authors: MA
authors: Diniz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D007326:Institutionalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male