Factors influencing Frailty in elderly AIDS hospitalized patients in a hospital in south-west China: a cross-sectional study

Frailty is the main factor leading to functional decline and death in the elderly, and increases the adverse clinical outcomes of elderly AIDS patients. Early identification of reversible frailty factors in elderly AIDS patients and active intervention can delay the frailty and disability of elderly AIDS patients. This study investigated the status and influencing factors of frailty in 219 elderly AIDS hospitalized patients, of whom 161 (73.52%) developed frailty. The results of univariate analysis showed that nutritional status, cognitive status, anxiety, and depression were all related to frailty in elderly AIDS patients, and the differences were statistically significant ( P  < 0.05). Binary Logistic regression analysis showed that elderly AIDS patients with malnutrition ( OR  = 0.172, 95% CI : 0.054–0.550, P  = 0.003) and moderate anxiety ( OR  = 6.540, 95% CI : 1.776–24.079, P  = 0.005) were more likely to develop frailty. The survey results show that the prevalence of frailty is high among elderly AIDS hospitalized patients in China. We should pay attention to the current situation of frailty among AIDS hospitalized patients and take effective intervention measures as early as possible to delay the occurrence of frailty.