Frailty among Mexican community-dwelling elderly: a story told 11 years later. The Mexican Health and Aging Study
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2015
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- 0036-3634
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Salud Pública de México
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Salud Mexico elderly mortality Disability health vulnerabilitySujets proches
Wellness Personal health Physical handicaps Handicaps Disabling conditions Impairment Physical disabilities Disability Biography--HealthCiter ce document
Sara G Aguilar-Navarro et al., « Frailty among Mexican community-dwelling elderly: a story told 11 years later. The Mexican Health and Aging Study », Salud Pública de México, ID : 10670/1.3vlbxx
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"Objective . To describe the characteristics and prognosis of subjects classified as frail in a large sample of Mexican community-dwelling elderly. Materials and methods . A n eleven-year longitudinal study of 5 644 old adults participating in the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS). Frailty was de - fined by meeting at least three of the following criteria: weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, slow walking speed and low phy - sical activity. The main outcomes were incident disability and death. Multiple covariates were used to test the prognostic value of frailty. Results . Thirty-seven percent of participants (n = 2 102) met the frailty criteria. Frail participants were significantly older, female, less educated, with more chronic disease, lower income, and poorer self-reported health status, in comparison with their non-frail counterparts. Frailty was a predictor both for disability activities of daily living and for mortality. Conclusion . After a follow-up of more than ten years, the phenotype of frailty was a predictor for adverse health-related outcomes, including ADL disability and death."