Abstract
Patients with schizophrenia have accelerated physical decline with age coupled with risk factors linked with frailty development. Our results show that poor endurance was the most prevalent frailty component and was closely associated with depression in late middle-aged patients with schizophrenia.
Sigma Membership
Lambda Beta at-Large
Lead Author Affiliation
Cardinal Tien Junior College of Healthcare and Management, New Taipei, Taiwan
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Frailty, Middle-Aged, Schizophrenia
Recommended Citation
Wang, Mei-Yeh and Kang, Yun-Xuan, "Correlates of frailty in late middle-aged patients with schizophrenia" (2018). INRC (Congress). 246.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/inrc/2018/posters_2018/246
Conference Name
29th International Nursing Research Congress
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
Melbourne, Australia
Conference Year
2018
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Correlates of frailty in late middle-aged patients with schizophrenia
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Patients with schizophrenia have accelerated physical decline with age coupled with risk factors linked with frailty development. Our results show that poor endurance was the most prevalent frailty component and was closely associated with depression in late middle-aged patients with schizophrenia.