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ASSESSING THE FIRST STEP EFFECTIVE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN THE ELDERLY WITH FRAILTY SYNDROME
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Objective: To evaluate the initial effect of exercise in elderly patients with Frailty Syndrome. Subjects and methods: Interventional study, randomized control at Hoe Nhai General Hospital from September 2021 to November 2022. A total of 60 elderly patients with Frailty syndrome were included in the study, the mean age was 81.35 ± 7.82. Patients were divided into 2 homologous groups, randomly stratified: (1) 30 patients received exercise interventions according to the exercises of the General Office of Population and Family Planning, (2) 30 patients in the control group received exercises from the General Office of Population and Family Planning, get standard care according to the usual diet and treatment of the underlying medical condition/comorbidities. Symptoms of Frailty syndrome, quality of life… were assessed after 4 months of exercise. Results: at 4 months post-exercise, muscle strength in the exercise group is higher than that of the non-exercise group with an average score of 14.9 ± 8.6 and 11.0 ± 5.8; walking speed in the group with exercise was faster than the group without exercise with average scores of 8.66 ± 5.84 (s) and 11.69 ± 6.59 (s), respectively; endurance and energy scores, physical activity, and quality of life in the exercise group increased compared to the group without exercise intervention. Conclusions: the physical activity intervention in exercise showed a positive effect in improving the quality of life, possibly reversing the Frailty in the elderly.
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The elderly, Frailty syndrome, Physical activity
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