Hospital admission and the occurrence of delirium in older adults with physical frailty: cross-sectional study.
João Alberto Martins RodriguesMaria Helena LenardtClovis CechinelElaine Drehmer DE Almeida CruzAudrey Tieko TsunodaTatiane Prette KuznierPublished in: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P (2023)
There was a high frequency of pre-frail and frail older adults, and the occurrence of delirium in frail was significantly higher. Special attention should be paid to frail older adults to prevent the occurrence of delirium during hospitalization.