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0037/2017 - Prevalence of frailty and associated factors in a community-dwelling elderly cohort in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Fibra-JF Study
Prevalência e fatores associados à fragilidade em uma amostra de idosos que vivem na comunidade da cidade de Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil: estudo FIBRA-JF

Author:

• Roberto Alves Lourenço - Lourenço, R.A - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Internal Medicine - <roberto.lourenco@globo.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0838-1285

Co-author(s):

• Virgilio Garcia Moreira - Moreira, Virgilio Garcia - Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Medicina Interna - <virgilio.garcia.moreira@gmail.com>
• Eliane Banhato - Banhato, Eliane - Universidade Federal de Juiz de fora - <ebanhato@gmail.com>
• Danielle Viveiros Guedes - Guedes, Danielle Viveiros - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - <daniviveiros@hotmail.com>
• Kelly Atalaia - Atalaia, Kelly - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - <Kelly.atalaia@gmail.com>
• Francisco Eduardo da Fonseca Delgado - DELGADO, F. E. F - Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos - Campus VI, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde - <mvpdel@terra.com.br>
• Cláudia Helena Cerqueira Mármora - Marmora, C.H.C. - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - <claudia.marmora@ufjf.edu.br>

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

Frailty is a state of multisystem physiological vulnerability related to aging and an increased risk of adverse outcomes. The aims of this study were to evaluate the prevalence and associated factors with frailty in Fibra Study, Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was selected a random sample stratified by territorial unit, sex, and age of 461 individuals, aged 65 or more. The frailty syndrome was established by the presence of three or more of five items: a feeling of exhaustion, low handgrip strength, low gait speed, weight loss, and low-calorie expenditure. The mean age was 74.4 (SD ± 6.8) years, 69.6% were women and 71.9% white. The prevalence of frailty was 5.2%; 49.9% of pre-frail subjects. Advanced age (OR: 6.4; CI 1.76-23.8), impairment of the basic activities of daily living (OR: 5.2, CI 1.1-23, 1) and self-perception of bad health (OR 0.13, CI 0.03-0.4), were associated with frailty. In this study, a substantial number of individuals was classified as frail, while half of the sample was at risk of progression to this condition, suggesting that it is urgent to adopt public health measures focused on prevention and rehabilitation of these individuals.

Keywords:

PrevalenceFrailtyElderlyVulnerability

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Lourenço, R.A, Moreira, Virgilio Garcia, Banhato, Eliane, Guedes, Danielle Viveiros, Atalaia, Kelly, DELGADO, F. E. F, Marmora, C.H.C.. Prevalence of frailty and associated factors in a community-dwelling elderly cohort in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Fibra-JF Study. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Feb). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/prevalence-of-frailty-and-associated-factors-in-a-communitydwelling-elderly-cohort-in-juiz-de-fora-minas-gerais-brazil-fibrajf-study/16083



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