Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
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Meta Analysis
The Relationship of Frailty and Hospitalization Among Older People: Evidence From a Meta-Analysis.
This research explored the relationship between the stages of frailty and risk for hospitalization in older adults and evaluated the risk for hospitalization among the elderly in relation to various frailty assessment indexes. ⋯ Professional nursing staff should use frailty indicators in a timely fashion to assess the status of frailty in older people and should effectively develop frailty prevention strategies to decrease the risk for hospitalization and to enhance quality of life for older adults.