Frailty syndrome and socioeconomic and health characteristics among older adults

نویسندگان

  • Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares
  • Thais Aline de Freitas Corrêa
  • Flavia Aparecida Dias
  • Pollyana Cristina dos Santos Ferreira
  • Maycon Sousa Pegorari
چکیده

Objective To investigate the association of frailty syndrome with socioeconomic and health variables among older adults. Methods This is a cross-sectional, observational and analytical household research conducted with a sample of 1,609 urban elderly. We used: semi-structured questionnaire, scales (Katz, Lawton and shortened version of Geriatric Depression Scale) and Fragility Phenotype proposed by Fried. Descriptive analysis was performed along with a bivariate and multinomial logistic regression model (p <0.05). Results The prevalence of pre-frailty condition was 52.0% and the fragility corresponded to 13.6%. Pre-frailty and frailty associated factors were, respectively: age range between 70-79 years and ≥80 years; one to four morbidities and five or more morbidities categories; functional disability for basic and instrumental activities of daily life and depression indicative; whilst lack of a companion or income and female gender were only associated to pre-frailty. Conclusion The conditions of pre-frailty and frailty levels were elevated with negative effects on the health of the elderly.

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دوره 48  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017