Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases

Wysokiński Mariusz, Lenartowicz Halina, Fidecki Wiesław, Przylepa Katarzyna, Jędrzejewska Aneta. Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(11):397-406 eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1544362 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6317 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/888477 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2018; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 02.10.2018. Revised: 18.10.2018. Accepted: 26.11.2018. Assessment of functional capacity of elderly patients hospitalized in the departments of lung diseases Mariusz Wysokiński1, Halina Lenartowicz2, Wiesław Fidecki1, Katarzyna Przylepa3, Aneta Jędrzejewska1 1Chair of Development in Nursing, Medical University of Lublin 2Institute of Medical Sciences, State School of Higher Education in Chełm 3Department of Foreign Languages I Faculty of Medicine with Dentistry Division Medical University of Lublin Corresponding author: Mariusz Wysokiński Chair of Development in Nursing Medical University of Lublin ul. Staszica 4-6 20-059 Lublin tel. +48 81 448 68 04 e-mail: mariusz.wysokinski@umlub.pl Abstract Introduction: Changes in the body related to the aging process and occurring diseases can significantly impede independent functioning in everyday life. Functional fitness of an elderly person can be seen as the ability to perform every day, normal activities independently and with no effort. The aim of the study: The aim of the study was to determine the functional efficiency of elderly patients hospitalized in the department of lung disease. Material and methods: The research was carried out in the lung diseases department of the Clinical Hospital No. 4 in Lublin. The group consisted of 153 patients aged from 65 to 89 years. 53.60% of the respondents were women. The research material was collected using the NOSGER scale (Nurses' Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients). Results: In the assessment of patients, the result for the whole group was obtained at the average level of 73.91+11.42 points. The respondents functioned the worst in the area of instrumental activities of everyday life (13.53 points) and in the field of social behavior (13.54 points). The respondents functioned in the best way in the field of memory (8.01 points). Younger respondents (65-70 years old) performed better at 71.05+1.12 points. Women had higher functional fitness (72.03+11.23 points). The best biopsychosocial efficiency was demonstrated by people with higher education 68.91+9.00 points. Patients from the urban environment performed better compared to people from rural areas (79.32±10.12 points vs. 82.20±11.00 points). Conclusions: Elderly patients hospitalized in the department of lung diseases were characterized by reduced biopsychosocial efficiency. The largest deficits occurred in the field of instrumental activities of everyday life and social behavior. Age, gender, education and place of residence significantly differentiated the degree of functional efficiency of the examined patients. Key words: geriatric assessment, functional fitness, elderly people, department of lung disease