RT Journal Article
T1 Reliability of frail and barthel tests for detecting frailty in palliative oncological patients in a home hospitalization unit: a comparative study
A1 León-Ramón, Susana
A1 Navarro-Flores, Emmanuel María
A1 Losa-Iglesias, Marta Elena
A1 Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo
A1 Jiménez-Cebrián, Ana María
A1 Romero-Morales, Carlos
A1 Palomo-López, Patricia
A1 López-López, Daniel
K1 Enfermos de cáncer - Asistencia hospitalaria
K1 Cuidados terminales
AB Cancer is a condition that can increase the risk of frailty. In addition, palliative oncologicalpatients in home hospitalization can find their activities of daily living affected. The main objectivewas to measure the degree of frailty in the oncological population in home hospitalization comparingBarthel and Frail-VIG Indexes. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A sample of oncologicalpatients in home hospitalization (n = 50) that included 27 men and 23 women were recruited, anddisability due to frailty was measured using the VIG frailty index and the Barthel scale for Activitiesof Daily Living (ADLs). Spearman’s correlation coefficients were categorized as weak (rs ≤ 0.40),moderate (0.41 ≤ rs ≥ 0.69) or robust (0.70 ≤ rs ≥ 1.00), with a strong indirect correlation between thedomains using the toilet, transferring and wandering on the Frail-VIG scale with an r (s) value −0.810(p < 0.001), −0.831 (p < 0.001) and −0.805 (p < 0.001), respectively, and a moderate indirect correlationfor the domains of eating −0.718 (p < 0.001), dressing −0.770 (p < 0.001) and urination −0.704 (<0.001).The Frail-VIG index above 0.35 points, that is, from moderate to severe, does not affect ADLs exceptin the nutritional dimension in a palliative oncological population in home hospitalization. Thepreliminary outcomes obtained should be considered to determine the impact of nutritional statuswith regard to ADLs in palliative oncological patients in a home hospitalization unit.
PB MDPI
YR 2022
FD 2022-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39127
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39127
LA eng
NO León-Ramón S, Navarro-Flores E, Losa-Iglesias ME, Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo R, Jiménez-Cebrián AM, Romero-Morales C, Palomo-López P, López-López D. Reliability of Frail and Barthel Tests for Detecting Frailty in Palliative Oncological Patients in a Home Hospitalization Unit: A Comparative Study. Life (Basel). 2022 Feb 14;12(2):286. doi: 10.3390/life12020286. PMID: 35207573; PMCID: PMC8878425.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 25 ene 2026