Frailty phenotype criteria in centenarians: Findings from the Oporto Centenarian Study

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2014

Authors

Duarte, N (Author) Other; Teixeira, L (Author) ICBAS; Ribeiro, O (Author) Other; Constança Paúl (Author) ICBAS

Journal

Title: European Geriatric Medicine

Vol. 5

Pages: 371-376

ISSN: 1878-7649

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-00A-5NH

DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2014.09.015

Abstract (EN): Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the prevalence of physical frailty and the socip-demographics, functionality and health factors associated with this syndrome in a sample of people with 100 and more years old. Methods: Data come from the ongoing population-based study, the Oporto Centenarian Study (PT100). Participants are people with 100 or more years old who lived in the Oporto Metropolitan Area (Portugal). The data collection was developed during 2013 and included demographic, social, health, functional, psychological (e.g. well-being) and cognitive domains. Phenotype frailty criteria assessment included exhaustion, weight loss, weakness, slowness and low activity. Descriptive analysis and binary logistic regression models were used for data analysis. Results: The final sample comprises 50 centenarians (mean age = 101.34, SD = 1.81; 84% female). From these, 4.0% were classified as "robust", 36.0% as "prefrail" and 60.0% as "frail". When analyzing the association between explanatory variables and frailty, only ADL showed a significant association with the frailty condition. A higher percentage of frail people were female (68.3%), lived in nursing homes (71.4%), were illiterate (71.9%) and had fair/poor subjective health (58.3%). Discussion: This study emphasizes the importance of physical frailty and its association with disability among the centenarian population.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6