Pre-frailty and frailty of elderly residents in a municipality with a low Human Development Index

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Wanderley Matos Reis Júnior¹  José Ailton Oliveira Carneiro¹  Raildo Da Silva Coqueiro¹  Kleyton Trindade Santos¹  Marcos Henrique Fernandes¹ 

关键词: Aging;    Frail Elderly;    Health Status;    Envelhecimento;    Idoso Fragilizado;    Nível de Saúde;    Envejecimiento;    Anciano Frágil;    Estado de Salud;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.3538.2464

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence of the factors associated with pre-frailty and frailty of elderly residents in a municipality with a low Human Development IndexMETHOD: Cross-sectional study with a populational and household framework conducted with 316 elderly people. Frailty was determined from the presence of three or more of the following factors: (i) self-reported unintentional weight loss; (ii) lack of strength and energy; (iii) weakness; (iv) slowness; (v) low level of physical activity. The association between frailty and socio-demographic, behavioral and health factors was measured using the multinomial logistic regression technique.RESULTS: The prevalence of pre-frailty and frailty was 58.7% and 23.8%, respectively. The adjusted regression model showed that the state of pre-frailty was associated with gender, age group and BMI, and frailty was associated with gender, age group, hospitalization, functional capacity, and self-perceived health.CONCLUSION: The evidence presented in this study demonstrates more variables associated with the frailty condition, reinforcing the concept of a multifactorial clinical syndrome that may result in the loss of functionality.

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