Objective To explore the intervention effects of auricular acupoint embedding beans combined with Huatuo Wuqinxi on frailty level and physical activity function of older people in early stage of frailty.

Methods A total of 64 elderly people with early stage of frailty were screened using the Fried scale, and randomly divided into the control group and observation group(32 cases in each group).The control group was given the routine exercise guidance intervention, and the observation group was given the intervention of auricular acupoint embedding beans combined with Huatuo Wuqinxi.The frailty scores and physical activity function of the elderly at admission, after 1 month and 3 months of intervention were compared.

Results Fifty-nine elderly people completed the study.The results showed that there was no statistical significance in the frailty scores between two groups at admission(P>0.05).After 1 month and 3 months of intervention, the frailty status in the observation group was better than that in control group(P < 0.05).At admission, there was no statistical significance in the physical activity function scores between two groups(P>0.05).After 1 month of intervention, the physical activity function score in the observation group was high compared with that in control group, but the difference was not statistically significant(P>0.05).After 3 months of intervention, the physical activity function score in the observation group was significantly better than that in control group(P < 0.01).

Conclusions Auricular acupoint embedding beans combined with Huatuo Wuqinxi can effectively improve the frailty state of elderly people in the early stage of frailty, and enhance their physical activity function.