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Prevalence of Frailty in Brazilian Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
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- Relationship between cardiometabolic alterations and frailty in Brazilian urban and rural older adults.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2026Article
- Age-specific climate sensitivity of respiratory hospitalizations in a tropical coastal city: 20-year Random Forest forecasts.International journal of biometeorology · 2026Article
- The Frailty, Fitness, and Psychophysical/Social Condition of Community-Dwelling Older Adults-Analysis of 5-Year Longitudinal Data.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Frailty trajectories and mortality risk in community-dwelling older adults: a 9-year follow-up study.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Frailty identification and management among Brazilian healthcare professionals: a survey.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- [Differences between men and women in the prevalence of frailty and associated factors among older adults: evidence from ELSI-Brazil].Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Article
- Pre-Frailty Phenotype and Arterial Stiffness in Older Adults Free of Cardiovascular Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Asian Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- A relationship among the blood serum levels of interleukin-6, albumin, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D and frailty in elderly patients with chronic coronary syndrome.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2022Article
- Dietary Quality, Sleep Quality and Muscle Mass Predicted Frailty among Chinese Postmenopausal Women in Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Home environment and frailty in very old adults.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2021Article
- Longitudinal Association between Late-Life Depression (LLD) and Frailty: Findings from a Prospective Cohort Study (MiMiCS-FRAIL).The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
- Prediction of Death with the FRAIL-NH in Institutionalized Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study from a Middle-Income Country.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesFrailty is characterized by a functioning decline in multiple systems accompanied by an increase in individual's vulnerability to stressors. It appears to be higher in low and middle-income countries compared with high-income ones. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of frailty in non-institutionalized Brazilian older adults.
designa systematic review and meta-analysis study.
settingCross-sectional and prospective data from Brazil.
participantsnon-institutionalized adults aged 60 and older.
methodsElectronic searches were performed in PubMed/MEDLINE, LILACS, SCOPUS and Web of Science, considering the studies published between March 2001 and July 2018, using a combination of the following terms and correlates: "elder" AND "frail" AND "prevalence" AND "Brazil". Two independent reviewers selected studies according to the inclusion criteria. Disagreements were resolved by a third reviewer (title/abstract) and by consensus. Studies with samples ≥221 subjects were considered for meta-analysis.
results28 studies were included, while 18 had the data meta-analyzed. The majority of studies (61%) included older adults only from the Southeastern region. The number of subjects ranged from 53 to 5,532 individuals (N = 17,604) and the average age ranged from 65.6 to 85.5 years. The overall prevalence of frailty was 24%. When considering the different assessment methods, the prevalence was lower for frailty phenotype (16%) compared with other criteria (40%). Regarding sex, the prevalence of frailty was similar for women (28%) and men (25%). The prevalence of frailty was higher in older adults recruited from health care services (30%) compared to community ones (22%).
conclusionIn Brazil, the overall prevalence of frailty in non-institutionalized older adults is higher than observed from more developed countries. However, it may vary according to the assessment methods and settings.
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