Association between international prostate symptom score and frailty status in elderly hospitalized chinese males with benign prostate hyperplasia

作者：Jin, Zonglan; Ding, Ping; Chen, Pingping; Xu, Yuchen; Liang, Chaozhao^*

来源：International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 2016, 9(11): 22403-22407.

• Benign prostate hyperplasia
• frailty
• international prostate symptom score
• tilburg frailty indicator

Objective: Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and frailty commonly present in elderly male together. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) and frailty status in elderly hospitalized Chinese males with BPH, which will provide a scientific theory evidence for clinical treatment and nursing. Subjects and methods: From January 2013 to December 2015, 510 hospitalized patients older than 60 years with benign prostate hyperplasia and underwent surgical treatment were included in the study. Each subjects signed informed consent. All subjects answered a detailed questionnaire including demographic information, etc. And IPSS was used to evaluate the status of symptom of BPH, and Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) were used to evaluate the status of frailty of these cases. Results: We found that 396 cases (77.6%) of hospitalized patients with BPH which frailty scores >= 5 points, which indicated a status of frailty. And cases with frailty had a higher IPSS (27.37 +/- 5.58) than the cases without frailty (25.26 +/- 5.95, P< 0.001). Age and IPSS were significantly correlated with TFI scores, and significant positive association was found between IPSS and TFI scores after adjusting for age. Conclusion: Hospitalized BPH patients with frailty had a higher IPSS than cases without IPSS. And status of frailty was positively associated with IPSS.

• 出版日期2016
• 单位安徽医科大学