Título
Frailty among Mexican community-dwelling elderly: a story told 11 years later.The Mexican Health and Aging Study
Autor
JOSE ALBERTO AVILA FUNES
SARA GLORIA AGUILAR NAVARRO
Helene Amieva
LUIS MIGUEL FRANCISCO GUTIERREZ ROBLEDO
Nivel de Acceso
Acceso Abierto
Materias
MEDICINA Y CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD - (CTI) Ciencias médicas - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Ciencias clínicas - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Geriatría - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Personas mayores - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Discapacidad - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Características de la población - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Demografía - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Estadísticas vitales - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Mortalidad - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Salud - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) México - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Geriatrics - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Elderly - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Disability - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Population characteristics - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Demography - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Vital statistics - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Mortality - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)]) Health - ([Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)])
Resumen o descripción
Abstract:
Objective. To describe the characteristics and prognosis of subjects classified as frail in a large sample of Mexican community-dwelling elderly.
Materials and methods. An eleven-year longitudinal study of 5 644 old adults participating in the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS). Frailty was defined by meeting at least three of the following criteria: weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, slow walking speed and low physical activity. The main outcomes were incident disability and death. Multiple covariates were used to test the prognostic value of frailty.
Results. Thirty-seven percent of participants (n = 2 102) met the frailty criteria. Frail participants were significantly older, female, less educated, with more chronic disease, lower income, and poorer self-reported health status, in comparison with their non-frail counterparts. Frailty was a predictor both for disability activities of daily living and for mortality.
Conclusion. After a follow-up of more than ten years, the phenotype of frailty was a predictor for adverse health-related outcomes, including ADL disability and death.
Editor
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (México)
Fecha de publicación
2015
Tipo de publicación
Artículo
Recurso de información
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Fuente
Salud Pública de México (0036-3635) vol. 57 (2015)
Idioma
Inglés
Relación
http://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7591
Repositorio Orígen
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GERIATRIA
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