ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2020
Factors Associated with Frailty Syndrome in Older Adults.
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- An Investigation of the Risk Factors Related to Frailty in Older Adults Receiving Home Care Services.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Exploring frailty in apparently healthy senior dogs: a cross-sectional study.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Racial differences in phenotypic frailty assessment among general thoracic surgery patients.JTCVS open · 2023Article
- A model for predicting both breast cancer risk and non-breast cancer death among women > 55 years old.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2023Article
- Frailty as a Predictor of Hospitalization and Low Quality of Life in Geriatric Patients at an Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Association of Nutrition Quality with Frailty Syndrome among the Elderly.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Associations of social isolation, social participation, and loneliness with frailty in older adults in Singapore: a panel data analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Clinical Frailty Scale and Biomarkers for Assessing Frailty in Elder Inpatients in China.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveFrailty is a common geriatric syndrome, characterized by a decrease in energy reserve and stress resistance, resulting in an accumulated decline of multiple physiological systems and greater vulnerability. Frailty syndrome has a multifactorial etiology involving a biological basis associated with sociobehavioral factors. We verify the association of frailty syndrome with family functionality level, nutritional status and medication adherence in older adults.
designObservational and analytical study. SETTING AND
participantsConducted at ambulatory the university hospital, with patients aged 60 years or older. MEASUREMENTS: Cognitive function was measured using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); nutritional status was evaluated using the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) and Body Mass Index, BMI; the 5-item FRAIL scale was used for frailty screening; family functioning was assessed using the Family APGAR Index, which evaluates Adaptability, Partnership, Growth, Affection, and Resolve; Self-reported medication adherence was measured by the eight-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8).
resultsThe study involved 308 older adults, with a mean age of 70.40 years, There was an association between frailty and highly dysfunctional family with an OR of 5.9 (95% CI 1.9-18.5)(p<0.05), nutritional risk assessed by BMI, where low weight presented an OR of 2.5 (95% CI 1.1-5.8) and obesity an OR of 2.8 (95% CI 1.1-7.0)(P <0.05) and a nutritional risk assessed by MNA with an OR 6.3(95% CI 1.9-20.4) and low medication adherence with an OR of 8.9 (95% CI, 3.6-21.6)(P = 0.01).
conclusionFrailty syndrome is associated with high levels of family dysfunction, nutritional risk and poor medication adherence amongst older people.
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