Frailty among community-dwelling elderly Mexican people: Prevalence and association with sociodemographic characteristics, health state and the use of health services
Por:
Sánchez-García S., Sánchez-Arenas R., García-Peña C., Rosas-Carrasco O., Ávila-Funes J.A., Ruiz-Arregui L., Juárez-Cedillo T.
Publicada:
1 abr 2014
Resumen:
AimTo estimate the prevalence of frailty phenotypes and their association with the sociodemographic characteristics, health state and the use of health services in the last 6 months among community-dwelling elderly in Mexico City. MethodsThe present study included 1933 elderly individuals from Mexico City. We estimated the prevalence of the frailty phenotype based on Fried and Walston. Household interviews were carried out to collect information on sociodemographics (sex, age, education, marital status, live alone, paid job), health state (activities of daily living, cognitive function, depression, comorbidity, nutritional status) and the use of health services in the last 6 months. ResultsThe estimated prevalence of frailty was 15.7%, pre-frailty at 33.3% and non-frailty at 51.0%. The statistically relevant associations in the pre-frail elderly were female (OR 0.83), older age (OR 2.48), single (OR 1.03), living alone (OR 1.23), no paid work (OR 0.82), limitations in the basic activit
Filiaciones:
Sánchez-García S.:
Epidemiologic and Health Service Research Unit, Aging Area, Mexico City, Mexico
Sánchez-Arenas R.:
Disease Research Unit Neurological Specialist Hospital, XXI Century National Medical Center, Mexican Institute of Social Security, Mexico City, Mexico
García-Peña C.:
Epidemiologic and Health Service Research Unit, Aging Area, Mexico City, Mexico
Rosas-Carrasco O.:
National Mexican Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Mexico City, Mexico
Ávila-Funes J.A.:
National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, National Institutes of Health, Mexico City, Mexico
Ruiz-Arregui L.:
National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, National Institutes of Health, Mexico City, Mexico
Juárez-Cedillo T.:
Epidemiologic and Health Service Research Unit, Aging Area, Mexico City, Mexico
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