Development of an application for mobile devices to identify the frailty phenotype among the elderly

Thassyane Silva Dos Santos,Karla Rocha Pithon,Francisco Sadao Yokoyama Filho,Samara Jesus Nascimento Souza,Luiz Eduardo Barreto Martins,Thais Alves Brito,Caroline Sampaio Souto,Lara De Andrade Guimarães

doi:10.1590/1981-22562017020.160025

Abstract

Abstract Objective: to develop a mobile app to quickly and safely identify frailty syndrome features among the elderly. Method: a cross-sectional study was conducted. The application was developed for the Android platform in the Java programming language and XML markup. The study instrument was based on five frailty phenotype criteria. The tests were conducted with 20 elderly persons living in a long-term care facility. Results: the twenty elderly persons had a mean age of 76.55 (±9.5) years. Thirteen were identified as frail, five were pre-frail and two were non-frail. The comparison of the results of the instruments of analysis coincided in the general evaluation of frailty and in the individual identification of the five criteria. Conclusion: the data suggests that the use of the application for the evaluation of frailty among the elderly was performed safely, with the advantage of quick access to allow the monitoring of the clinical status and prognosis of the patient.

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Objective: to develop a mobile app to quickly and safely identify frailty syndrome features among the elderly
The immune system functioning and decreased exclusion criteria were: localized loss of strength resistance to stressors1. 68 and aphasia due to severe cerebrovascular accident; severe impairments of speech motility; hearing loss. The integration of these factors, coupled with the reduced self-regulation and homeostasis efficiency that is common in senescence, make the health of the elderly vulnerable[2]
The results coincided in all cases, both in the general evaluation of frailty and in the five individual criteria

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Objective: to develop a mobile app to quickly and safely identify frailty syndrome features among the elderly. Conclusion: the data suggests that the use of the application for the evaluation of frailty among the elderly was performed safely, with the advantage of quick access to allow the monitoring of the clinical status and prognosis of the patient. Frailty is a multifactorial geriatric clinical permanent or temporary motor limitations that syndrome characterized by declining energy compromised the performance of walking tests (the reserves, neuroendocrine dysregulation, impaired use of walking stick or walker was allowed). 68 and aphasia due to severe cerebrovascular accident; severe impairments of speech motility; hearing loss. The integration of these factors, coupled with the reduced self-regulation and homeostasis efficiency that is common in senescence, make the health of the elderly vulnerable[2]. All the elderly persons were approached and informed about the purpose and stages of the study

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