ArticleJornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia2023
Handgrip strength as a diagnostic tool for frailty risk in elderly patients with moderate to severe asthma.
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- Regional inequalities in Brazil and new approaches to measuring population aging.Cadernos de saude publica · 2026Article
- Relationship of the oxidative balance score with the risk of frailty and mortality in patients with asthma: a mediation analysis of NHANES.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
- Malnutrition mediates the association between handgrip status and asthma risk: an observational and prospective cohort study from multiple European countries.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between a frailty index derived from laboratory tests and clinical outcomes in critical care patients with asthma: a retrospective study based on the MIMIC-IV database.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Association between Frailty and Asthma.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate handgrip strength (HGS) as a diagnostic tool for frailty risk in elderly patients with asthma, as well as to investigate the prevalence of frailty in this population.
methodsThis was a cross-sectional study including 96 patients ≥ 60 years of age diagnosed with moderate to severe asthma and treated at a tertiary referral center in Brazil. We measured HGS using a calibrated hydraulic hand dynamometer. We used a frailty scale and the AUC to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the HGS test.
resultsThe median age of participants was 67 years. Most (78%) were women and non-White (91%) of low socioeconomic status. HGS identified those at risk for frailty, with an AUC of 71.6% (61.5-80.4%; p < 0.002), as well as a sensitivity of 73.58% and a specificity of 67.53%, on the basis of a cutoff of ≤ 19 kgf.
conclusionsHGS appears to be a simple, reliable tool for clinicians to determine frailty risk in older asthma patients in a point-of-care setting.
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