Prevalence of Frailty Syndrome in the Elderly and Associated Factors in Brazil  

作　　者：Anna Ferla Monteiro Silva Passos Iris do Céu Clara Costa Fábia Barbosa de Andrade Maria do Carmo Eulálio Anita Liberalesso Neri Romulo Lustosa Pimenteira de Melo Adrianna Ribeiro Lacerda 

机构地区：[1]Postgraduation Program in Health Sciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil [2]Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil [3]Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciencies of Trairi/Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Santa Cruz, Brazil [4]Department of Psychology, State University of Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil [5]Department of Educational Psychology, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

出　　处：《Health》2015年第11期1591-1599,共9页健康（英文）

基　　金：financial support from the National Research Council—CNPq,the Coordination Development of Higher Education Personnel—CDHEP,the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Sao Paulo—FRSSSP and the Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio Grande do Sul—FRSSRGS.

摘　　要：This paper aims to identify the prevalence of frailty syndrome and its association with demographic, economic, health, psychological and functional variables in Brazilian population. The study was cross-sectional and composed of 385 elderly aged from 65 years, an average age of 73.92 years. A multivariate Poisson regression was used to check for conditions associated with frailty and to determine the prevalence (α = 0.05). The prevalence of frailty was 8.7% and pre-frailty of 50.4%. The frail and pre-frail older adults showed larger and increasing prevalence ratios for marital status, difficulty performing instrumental activities of daily living, old age, involuntary loss of feces, depression and negative affections. These results can guide the establishment of preventive measures and the development of intervention strategies aimed at minimizing the adverse effects of frailty in elderly people.This paper aims to identify the prevalence of frailty syndrome and its association with demographic, economic, health, psychological and functional variables in Brazilian population. The study was cross-sectional and composed of 385 elderly aged from 65 years, an average age of 73.92 years. A multivariate Poisson regression was used to check for conditions associated with frailty and to determine the prevalence (α = 0.05). The prevalence of frailty was 8.7% and pre-frailty of 50.4%. The frail and pre-frail older adults showed larger and increasing prevalence ratios for marital status, difficulty performing instrumental activities of daily living, old age, involuntary loss of feces, depression and negative affections. These results can guide the establishment of preventive measures and the development of intervention strategies aimed at minimizing the adverse effects of frailty in elderly people.

关 键 词：AGING Frail Elderly FRAILTY Frailty Syndrome 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]