Frailty syndrome and socioeconomic and health characteristics among older adults.

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Frailty syndrome and socioeconomic and health characteristics among older adults.

Colomb Med (Cali). 2017 Sep 30;48(3):126-131

Authors: Dos Santos Tavares DM, de Freitas Corrêa TA, Dias FA, Dos Santos Ferreira PC, Sousa Pegorari M

Abstract
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.

PMID: 29213155 [PubMed - in process]

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