Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Mar 2022)

Predictors of frailty in older people users of Primary Health Care

  • João Paulo de Almeida Tavares,
  • Pedro Miguel Ferreira de Sá-Couto,
  • Larissa Chaves Pedreira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1292
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 75, no. suppl 4

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ABSTRACT Objective: to identify the prevalence and predictors of frailty in older people in Primary Health Care. Method: this is a descriptive and correlational study, carried out in a convenience sample of 136 older people in the community. Data were collected through a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire and frailty phenotype. Student’s t test or U-Mann-Whitney test, chi-square and binary logistic regression were used for data analysis. Results: the prevalence of frailty was 26.5% (n=36). Frail individuals had older age (p=0.011), worse self-rated health (p=0.001) and lower physical capacity (p<0.001). In the multivariable regression, it was observed that frail individuals had older age (Odds Ratio=1.111; 95% confidence interval=1.026-1.203) and worse physical capacity (Odds Ratio=0.673; 95% confidence interval=0.508-0.893). Conclusions: the prevalence of frailty in older people in Primary Health Care was considerable. Advanced age and worse physical capacity were the most relevant predictors of frailty in the elderly.

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