Abstract:
This study was a descriptive research. The objectives of this study were to examine the prevalence of frailty and relationships between frailty status by age, gender, level of education, falls history, polypharmacy, depression and cognitive impairment in older people resided in Bangkok communities. The sample consists of 420 people who was over 60 years old and lived in Bangkok communities. The sample was selected using the multi-stage random sampling method. The instruments used were a personal information questionnaire, Thai Geriatric Depression Scale, Mini-Mental State Examination: Thai version and Frailty questionnaire referenced by Fried frail index. The Frailty questionnaire was validated content validity by the expert Data were analyzed by using statistic methods, frequency, percentage and Chi-square test. The results of the study were as follows: 1. The finding, according to the prevalence of frailty in the elderly subjects in Bangkok communities was 32.14 percent. 2. Personal factors include age, gender, marital status, education level, polypharmacy, underlying diseases falls history, history of admission in the last year, depression and cognitive impairment were found associated with frailty with a statistically significant at .05 level.