ArticleClinical interventions in aging2017
Frailty in community-dwelling older adults: association with adverse outcomes.
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- Prediction of frailty in community older adults based on machine learning: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Chronotype and Peripheral Clock Genes: Association With Frailty and Insomnia in Mexican Older Adults.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2026Article
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- Longitudinal Associations Between Biomarkers and Frailty in Older Adults: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Lifestyle and psychosocial determinants of quality of life in Turkish community-dwelling older adults: a multivariate and hierarchical regression approach.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Robotic versus conventional single-level lumbar fusion in frail older adults: analysis of the National Readmission Database, 2016-2020.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025Article
- Insomnia accelerates the epigenetic clocks in older adults.GeroScience · 2025Article
- Normative Data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in Mexican Adults: A Regression-Based Approach.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Early identification of frailty in older adults in primary care: a study protocol of a longitudinal cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Insomnia, Cognitive Impairment, or a Combination of Both, Alter Lipid Metabolism Due to Changes in Acylcarnitine Concentration in Older Persons.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Therapeutic competitions and frailty among older adults in São Paulo city: a cross-sectional population-based study, 2015.Epidemiologia e servicos de saude : revista do Sistema Unico de Saude do Brasil · 2025Article
- Frailty: a global health challenge in need of local action.BMJ global health · 2024Review
- Overlap between Osteosarcopenia and Frailty and their Association with Poor Health Conditions: The Bushehr Elderly Health Program.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2024Article
- Integrating frailty interventions into existing care models: a comprehensive approach to enhancing patient outcomes in chronic disease management.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Frailty-originated early rehabilitation reduces postoperative delirium in brain tumor patients: Results from a prospective randomized study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2023Article
- Insomnia Impairs Both the Pro-BDNF and the BDNF Levels Similarly to Older Adults with Cognitive Decline: An Exploratory Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Frailty and Metabolic Syndromes-Two Sides of the Same Coin.Metabolites · 2023Review
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- Frailty in community-dwelling older adults: reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the Gérontopôle frailty screening tool.Turkish journal of medical sciences · 2022Article
- Patterns of Muscle-Related Risk Factors for Sarcopenia in Older Mexican Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe study of frailty is important to identify the additional needs of medical long-term care and prevent adverse outcomes in community dwelling older adults. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of frailty and its association with adverse outcomes in community dwelling older adults.
methodsA cross-sectional study was carried out from April to September 2014. The population sample was 1,252 older adults (≥60 years) who were beneficiaries of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) in Mexico City. Data were derived from the database of the "Cohort of Obesity, Sarcopenia and Frailty of Older Mexican Adults" (COSFOMA). Operationalization of the phenotype of frailty was performed using the criteria of Fried et al (weight loss, self-report of exhaustion, low physical activity, slow gait, and weakness). Adverse outcomes studied were limitation in basic activities of daily living (ADLs), falls and admission to emergency services in the previous year, and low quality of life (WHOQOL-OLD).
resultsFrailty was identified in 20.6% (n=258), pre-frailty in 57.6% (n=721), and not frail in 21.8% (n=273). The association between frailty and limitations in ADL was odds ratio (OR) =2.3 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.7-3.2) and adjusted OR =1.7 (95% CI 1.2-2.4); falls OR =1.6 (95% CI 1.2-2.1) and adjusted OR =1.4 (95% CI 1.0-1.9); admission to emergency services OR =1.9 (95% CI 1.1-3.1) and adjusted OR =1.9 (95% CI 1.1-3.4); low quality of life OR =3.4 (95% CI 2.6-4.6) and adjusted OR =2.1 (95% CI 1.5-2.9).
conclusionApproximately 2 out of 10 older adults demonstrate frailty. This is associated with limitations in ADL, falls, and admission to emergency rooms during the previous year as well as low quality of life.
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