Sex Differences in Frailty Factors and Their Capacity to Identify Frailty in Older Adults Living in Long-Term Nursing Homes
dc.contributor.author | Arizaga Iribarren, Nagore | |
dc.contributor.author | Irazusta Astiazaran, Amaya | |
dc.contributor.author | Mugica Errazquin, Itxaso | |
dc.contributor.author | Virgala García, Janire | |
dc.contributor.author | Amonarraiz, Arantxa | |
dc.contributor.author | Kortaxarena Rubio, Maide | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-13T16:52:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-13T16:52:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-12-21 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(1) : (2023) // Article ID 54 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 1660-4601 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/59287 | |
dc.description.abstract | Frailty is a phenomenon that precedes adverse health events in older people. However, there is currently no consensus for how to best measure frailty. Several studies report that women have a higher prevalence of frailty than men, but there is a gap in studies of the high rates of frailty in older people living in long-term nursing homes (LTNHs) stratified by sex. Therefore, we analyzed health parameters related to frailty and measured their capacity to identify frailty stratified by sex in older people living in LTNHs. According to the Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP), anxiety increased the risk of frailty in women, while for men functionality protected against the risk of frailty. Regarding the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), functionality had a protective effect in men, while for women worse dynamic balance indicated a higher risk of frailty. The analyzed parameters had a similar capacity for detecting frailty measured by the TFI in both sexes, while the parameters differed in frailty measured by the FFP. Our study suggests that assessment of frailty in older adults should incorporate a broad definition of frailty that includes not only physical parameters but also psycho-affective aspects as measured by instruments such as the TFI. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia-Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa (ADINBERRI DG18/25) and the Professional Association of Nurses of Gipuzkoa (COEGI Nursing Research Grants 2019–2020). | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | frailty | es_ES |
dc.subject | capacity to identify | es_ES |
dc.subject | stratified by sex | es_ES |
dc.subject | multidimensional | es_ES |
dc.title | Sex Differences in Frailty Factors and Their Capacity to Identify Frailty in Older Adults Living in Long-Term Nursing Homes | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.date.updated | 2023-01-06T13:52:37Z | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2022 by the authors.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/54 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/ijerph20010054 | |
dc.departamentoes | Enfermería I | |
dc.departamentoes | Enfermería II | |
dc.departamentoeu | Erizaintza I | |
dc.departamentoeu | Erizaintza II |
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