ArticleSao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
Validity of the short physical performance battery for screening for frailty syndrome among older people in the Brazilian Amazon region. A cross-sectional study.
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- Using the Short Physical Performance Battery for Frailty Screenings Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: An ROC Analysis.Journal of gerontology and geriatrics · 2026Article
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- Reliability and Construct Validity of the Short Physical Performance Battery in Croatian Older Adults.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Influence of Frailty Syndrome on Outcomes of Cardiovascular Surgery in Elderly Patients.Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery · 2025Article
- Operationalizing Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) with muscle strength and power: predicting adverse events in older adults from the ilsirente study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Short Physical Performance Battery Tool in Institutionalized Spanish Older Adults.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2023Article
- Prevalence and determinants of physical frailty among people living in residential aged care facilities: a large-scale retrospective audit.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Research progress on multicomponent physical exercise for patients with neurocognitive impairment.Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2022Review
- Frailty in the context of kidney transplantation.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaReview
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Abstract
backgroundEnvironmental and population characteristics seem to influence the variation in cutoff points of the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) for diagnosing frailty syndrome among older adults.
objectiveTo verify the validity of the SPPB for screening for frailty syndrome among older adults in the Amazonian context. DESIGN AND
settingCross-sectional population-based study on older adults in the urban area of Coari (AM), Brazil.
methodsIn total, 264 older adults (60 years of age or over) were included. Frailty syndrome was defined using the Fried phenotype criteria. The SPPB cutoff points were compared in relation to frailty and validity measurements were calculated for the test.
resultsA strong association between poor physical performance and frailty was identified (P < 0.001). The cutoff point of 6 demonstrated the best validity measurements for frailty in the sample studied (sensitivity: 0.28; specificity: 0.94; accuracy: 0.88; area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, AUC-ROC: 0.61; likelihood ratio, LR+: 4.44; LR-: 0.77; prevalence: 8.3%; post-test probability, PTP+: 0.32; PTP-: 0.07), with emphasis on high specificity and the positive likelihood ratio value.
conclusionThe SPPB was shown to be useful for screening frail older adults in the Amazon region. The score of 6 demonstrated the best cutoff point for this population. This could be used in healthcare services for diagnostic screening for frailty among older people within the Amazonian context.
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