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ArticleSao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina2020

Dyspnea is associated with poor physical performance among community-dwelling older adults: a population-based cross-sectional study.

Caroline de Fátima Ribeiro Silva, Maycon Sousa Pegorari, Areolino Pena Matos, Daniela Gonçalves Ohara

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Article in Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06267625 (Investigation of Dyspnea, Posture, Strength, Physical Activity, Functional Mobility and Balance in Elderly Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06267625 completednot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Investigation of Dyspnea, Posture, Strength, Physical Activity, Functional Mobility and Balance in Elderly Individuals

TypeobservationalSponsorIzmir Democracy UniversityRan2024 to 2025Enrolled143ConditionsAging DisorderArmsPhysical Evaluations of individuals
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Caroline de Fátima Ribeiro SilvaPostgraduate Program on Health Science, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5574-5243
Maycon Sousa PegorariPhysiotherapy Course, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4015-9895
Areolino Pena MatosPhysiotherapy Course, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3437-5105
Daniela Gonçalves OharaPhysiotherapy Course, Universidade Federal do Amapá, Macapá, AP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7055-6168
Universidade Federal do Amapá · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDyspnea and poorer physical performance are conditions that may be related and be present among the elderly. However, few studies have evaluated associations between these variables.

objectiveTo determine whether there is an association between dyspnea and physical performance among community-dwelling older adults of both sexes (age 60 years and over). DESIGN AND

settingCross-sectional study conducted in the city of Macapá, state of Amapá, Brazil.

methodsSocioeconomic and health data were collected using a structured form. Frailty syndrome was assessed based on the frailty phenotype proposed by Fried et al. Dyspnea was measured using the modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale and physical performance was measured using the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB). Data were analyzed using a linear regression model.

resultsA total of 411 subjects (70.15 ± 7.25 years) were evaluated, most of them females (66.4%). It was observed from the mMRC scale that 30.9% (n = 127) of the subjects had some dyspnea symptoms: grade 1 was most frequent. The physical performance score from the SPPB was 9.22 ± 2.01. Higher dyspnea scores were associated with poor physical performance, both in the crude analysis (β = -0.233; P = 0.028) and after adjustment for frailty condition (β = -0.148; P = 0.002) and for the socioeconomic and health variables (age, sex, number of diseases, smoking habit and frailty status) (β = -0.111; P = 0.025).

conclusionHigher dyspnea score was independently associated with poor physical performance among community-dwelling older adults.

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Frail ElderlyIndependent LivingAgedBrazilCross-Sectional StudiesDyspneaFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHumansMalePhysical Functional Performance

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PMID32294715
PMCPMC9662837
OpenAlexW3016107252

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