Research progress of social frailty in the aged and its intervention
In recent years to push the health management of all people in our country,the study of the elderly frailty from a single dimension of physiological decline gradually to the social frailty,widened the research angle of view in the field of medicine.Social frailty refers to the elderly gradually losing or have lost important social resources,behaviors,activities and self-management ability to meet one or more basic social needs during the life cycle,which limits the daily activities and social participation of the elderly,may lead to negative emotions such as loneliness,helplessness and anxiety,and seriously affects their quality of life.It brings great pres-sure and challenge to family and society,and has become an important research direction of geriatric health care medicine.However,social frailty is still in the exploratory stage,and there are controversies among related studies.Therefore,this study sorts out the rele-vant content of social frailty of the elderly at home and abroad,and outlines the concept of social frailty in detail.The three main as-sessment tools of tilburg frailty index,HALFT scale and social vulnerability index were introduced,and four influencing factors inclu-ding socio-demographic factors,physical health factors,psychosocial factors and lifestyle were summarized.The study found that com-pared with exercise and nutrition intervention alone,the intervention effect of social support and exercise combined with nutrition on social frailty in the elderly is significant,which provides a reference for clinical attention to the early management of social frailty and reducing the occurrence of social frailty in the elderly,and is of great significance to improving the quality of life of the elderly.
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