The link between frailty syndrome and physical capacity, fear of falling, quality of life in patients after heart surgery in the first stage of rehabilitation

The aim: to determinate the link between frailty syndrome and physical capacity, fear of falls, quality of life in patients after heart surgery in the first stage of rehabilitation. Methodology: study included 30 patients aged 65–90 years old who underwent heart surgery. Patients were put into two groups: with risk of frailty syndrome (n=14) and frailty syndrome (n=12). At the beginning and the end of the first stage of rehabilitation both groups were evaluated for fear of falls, physical capacity, quality of life. Participants: 65–90 year old patients after heart surgery in the first stage of rehabilitation without contraindications for six-minute walk test. Conclusions: 1. The risk of FS was found to be in 54 percent, and 46 percent of the patients with FS. 2. Low fear of falls in patients with the risk of FS and high in patients with FS results remained unchanged. 3. Physical capacity from low to average increased in patients with the risk of FS, and the patients with FS remained to be low physical capacity, but results increased. 4. Patients with the risk of FS and patients with frailty syndrome quality of life results remained unchanged. 5. Patients with the risk of FS, physical capacity improves with increasing social function and physical activity. 6. Patients with FS, physical capacity improves with increasing social function and physical activity and decreasing activity limitation due to physical problems. 7. There was no correlation between the fear of falls and quality of life in patients with the risk of FS, and the patients with FS. 8. There was no correlation between the fear of falls and physical capacity in patients with the risk of FS, and the patients with FS