Relación entre Fragilidad en adultos mayores y Fuerza de prensión disminuida

Objective: To find out if decreased grip strength is associated with frailty and adverse outcomes at three-month follow-up. Materials methods: A descriptive, observational prospective study. Patients older than 59 years of age attending a day hospital were included in the research. The dominant hand was measured during an outpatient visit. Frailty assessed using Edmonton Frail Scale. association between strength, follow-up evaluated chi-square test Student’s t-test.Results: Grip 82 adults (out whom 46 females) whose mean 83.68 years. Based on Scale, 83.33 % study subjects severely frail, 87.87 moderately 86.66 mildly frail 46.66 vulnerable to frailty. According this scale, “not frail” those who did not show strength. Decreased (p = 0.002). Adverse frequent 0.49) 0.48), although such statistically significant. Conclusions: At follow-up, all participants died had