Consenso brasileiro de fragilidade em idosos: conceitos, epidemiologia e instrumentos de avaliação

Abstract

Estudos e pesquisas Divulga estudos descritivos e análises de resultados de tabulações especiais de uma ou mais pesquisas, de autoria institucional. A série Estudos e pesquisas está subdividida em: Informação

Fragilidade E Suporte Social De Idosos Em Região Vulnerável: Uma Abordagem Em Uma Unidade De Saúde Da Família

“…A prevalência de fragilidade em idosos brasileiros, em recente revisão sistemática apontou variação entre 6,7 e 74,1% 3 . Um estudo realizado com idosos cadastrados na proteção social básica em uma cidade do estado de São Paulo avaliou 247 idosos residentes em diferentes regiões com vulnerabilidade social segundo a Escala de Fragilidade de Edmonton e obteve uma prevalência de 36,8% de idosos frágeis.…”

Screening for and Managing the Person with Frailty in Primary Care: ICFSR Consensus Guidelines

“…Numerous other studies have validated the predictive capacity of FRAIL ( 24 – 28 ). Thus, the FRAIL scale is now recommended as a screen tool for older persons visiting primary care providers in Australia ( 29 ) and in Brazil ( 30 ). An adapted version of the tool has also been developed for nursing homes (i.e., FRAIL-NH), which has shown to be predictive of adverse outcomes in the long term care setting ( 31 , 32 ).…”

Frailty among institutionalized older people: a cross-sectional study in Natal (Brazil)

“…For those with preserved cognitive capacity (intact mental function, slight or moderate cognitive decline and that walked independently (either with or without help), frailty was categorized considering the evaluation of the five criteria proposed by Fried et al 3 . Since normative data are not yet available for the Brazilian population, cut-off points of the indicators that make up the frailty scale were adapted to the study population, according to the Brazilian consensus on frailty in older people 11 : -Unintentional weight loss: identified by the following question: "Within the last year, have you unintentionally lost more than 4.5 kg? (without diet or exercise)".…”

“…Specifically, there is scarce knowledge on the disability and frailty status in NH of developing countries, in which the contextual factors may play an important role 9,10 . Added to this, the diversity of conceptual and operational models for identification of frailty in older adults has still produced doubts and further research is needed 11 .…”