Practical Geriatrics ›› 2023, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 839-842.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1003-9198.2023.08.020

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Effects of cognitive emotion regulation strategies on frailty in elderly patients with comorbidities

MIAO Yu-fei, QIAN Xiang-yun   

  1. School of Nursing, Nantong University Medical College, Nantong 226000, China(MIAO Yu-fei);
    Department of Infection, Nantong Third People's Hospital, Nantong 226006, China(QIAN Xiang-yun)
  • Received:2022-10-06 Online:2023-08-20 Published:2023-08-28
  • Contact: QIAN Xiang-yun, Email:qxy03062020@126.com

Abstract: Objective To explore the cognitive emotion regulation strategies adopted by the elderly patients with comorbidities in response to events and its relationship with frailty. Methods From May to December 2021, the convenience sampling method was used to select 300 elderly patients with comorbidities in Nantong Third People's Hospital as the research subjects. Questionnaires conducted using the patient general information questionnaire,Chinese version of Tilburg Frailty Assessment Scale, and Chinese version of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire(CERQ-C). The incidence rate of frailty and the relationship of cognitive emotion regulation strategy with frailty were analyzed. Results The incidence rate of frailty in the elderly patients with comorbidities was 57.0%(171/300). There were significant differences in age, residence status, marital status, recent memory, smoking, drinking and cognitive emotional regulation between the frailty group and the non-frailty group. Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that aged, recent memory decline and non-adaptive cognitive emotional regulation were risk factors for frailty, while adaptive cognitive emotion regulation, refocus planning and drinking were protective factors. Conclusions The prevelence of frailty in elderly patients with comorbidities is high. Elderly patients with comorbidities tend to adopt non-adaptive cognitive emotion regulation strategies in response to negative life events. Cognitive emotional regulation strategies, age, recent memory and drinking can affect frailty.

Key words: aged, comorbidity, cognitive emotion regulation strategy, frailty

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