Objective:describing the changes in frailty conditions over the period of a year after
hospital discharge, verifying predictive variables for changes in frailty
conditions and frailty phenotype components according to worsening, improving and
stable groups. Method:a longitudinal survey carried out with 129 elderly. A structured form for
socioeconomic and health data, scales (Geriatric Depression Scale - short form,
Katz scale, Lawton and Brody scale) and frailty phenotype according to Fried were
used. Descriptive analysis and multinomial logistic regression model (p<0.05)
were performed. Results:we found that 56.7% of older adults changed their condition from non-frail to
pre-frail, with no changes from non-frail to frail. Deaths were found between
frail and pre-frail elderly. In the worsening group, the increase in the number of
morbidities was a predictor for exhaustion and/or fatigue, while in the improving
group, increased dependence on instrumental activities of daily living was a
predictor for weight loss, and reduced scores indicative of depression due to low
level of physical activity. Conclusion:a greater percentage of changes from non-frail condition to pre-frail older adults
were observed, and health variables were only predictive for frailty phenotype
components.