Prevalencia de fragilidad en personas mayores de Chile: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2016-2017

• Claudia Troncoso-Pantoja ; Yeny Concha-Cisternas ; Ana María Leiva-Ordoñez ; María Adela Martínez-Sanguinetti ; Fanny Petermann-Rocha ; Ximena Díaz-Martínez ; Miquel Martorell ; Gabriela Nazar ^[1] ; Natalia Ulloa ; Igor Cigarroa-Cuevas ; Cecilia Albala ; Carlos Márquez ; Lydia Lera ^[2] ; Carlos Celis-Morales ^[3]
  1. [1] Universidad de Concepción

     Universidad de Concepción

     Comuna de Concepción, Chile

     
  2. [2] Keiser University

     Keiser University

     Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] Universidad Mayor Centro de Investigación en Fisiología del Ejercicio - CIFE

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• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 148, Nº. 10, 2020, págs. 1418-1426
• Idioma: español
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  • Prevalence of frailty among Chilean older people
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  • Background: The assessment of frailty among older people could help to reduce its social and health burden. Aim: To determine and characterize the prevalence of frailty in Chilean older adults. Material and Methods: We studied 233 participants, aged > 60 years, participating in the Chilean National Health Survey 2016-2017. Frailty was assessed using modified Fried criteria. Thus, people classified as frail should meet at least 3 out of the 5 criteria (low strength, low physical activity, low body mass index, slow walking pace and tiredness). Results: The prevalence of frailty was 10.9% (7.7% for men and 14.1% for women). The prevalence of pre-frailty was 59.0% whereas 30.1% of participants were classified as robust. At the age of 80 years 58 and 62% of men and women were frail, respectively. These figures increased to 90 and 87% at the age of 90 years. The prevalence of pre-frailty increased from 43 to 92.1% among men and from 76% and 78% among women from the ages of 60 to 90 years, respectively. Conclusions: The prevalence of frailty increased markedly with age. It is important to implement prevention strategies to allow an early identification of high-risk individuals.