Browsing by Author "Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia"

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    • El 40% de los casos de demencia podrían ser prevenidos si se modifican factores de riesgo a través del curso ... 
      Celis Morales, Carlos; Leiva Ordóñez, Ana María; Nazar, Gabriela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia; Troncoso, Claudia; Cigarroa Cuevas, Igor (Soc Medica Santiago, 2021)
    • Besides sarcopenia, pre-sarcopenia also predicts all-cause mortality in older chileans 
      Lera Marqués, Lydia; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Marquez Jara, Carlos; Saguez Mamani, Rodrigo Andrés; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia (Dove Medical, 2021)
      Purpose: Many studies have demonstrated that Sarcopenia causes a serious impact on health, including death in older adults. The objective of this study was to determine the association of sarcopenia and pre-sarcopenia with ...
    • Characterization by gender of frailty syndrome in elderly people according to frail trait scale and fried ... 
      Palomo, Iván; García, Francisco; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia; Wehinger, Sergio; Fuentes, Manuel; Alarcón, Marcelo; Arauna, Diego; Montecino, Héctor; Méndez, Diego; Sepúlveda, Magdalena; Fuica, Peggy; Fuentes, Eduardo (MDPI, 2022)
      Background: Frailty has emerged as one of the main geriatric syndromes to be prevented in order to improve quality of health and life in the elderly. In this sense, the characterization of this syndrome through reliable ...
    • Grip strength trajectories and cognition in english and chilean older adults: a cross-cohort study 
      Angel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Ajnakina, Olesya; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Márquez Jara, Carlos Diego; Leipold, Leona; Bilovich, Avri; Dobson, Richard; Bendayan, Rebecca (MDPI, 2022)
      Growing evidence about the link between cognitive and physical decline suggests the early changes in physical functioning as a potential biomarker for cognitive impairment. Thus, we compared grip-strength trajectories ...
    • Policy brief: Salud bucodental en todas las políticas: personas mayores 
      León, Soraya; Giacaman, Rodrigo; Guarnizo Herreño, Carol; Molina, Edgardo; Morales, Jorge; Bustamante, Miguel; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia; Barahona, Pilar; Dreyer, Erik; Corral, Camila; Espinoza, Iris; Cavalla, Franco; Morales, Alicia; Carvajal, Paola; Pizarro, Vladimir; Jara, Gisela; González, Constanza; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (Universidad de Chile. Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Desarrollo, 2021)
      En este documento se presentan recomendaciones acerca de cambios en las políticas públicas relacionadas a la salud bu­codental de personas mayores, en aspectos que competen cobertura y pertinencia, financiamiento de políticas ...
    • Rol de la integración social en el consumo de frutas y verduras en la adultez mayor 
      Albuquerque, Letícia de; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia (Abrasco-Assoc Brasileira Pos-Graduacao & Saude Coletiva, 2021)
      This study investigates the extent to which aspects of the social integration of the elderly are linked to higher levels of fruit and vegetable consumption. It involved a cross-sectional study based on data from the ...
    • Socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy among Chilean older adults: ... 
      Moreno Ruiz, Ximena Andrea; Lera Marques, Lydia de la Caridad; Moreno, Francisco; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia (BMC, 2021)
      Background Chile has one of the longest life expectancies of Latin America. The country is characterised by an important macroeconomic growth and persisting socioeconomic inequalities. This study analyses socioeconomic ...
    • The contribution of social participation to differences in life expectancy and healthy years among the older ... 
      Rueda Salazar, Sarahí; Spijker, Jeroen; Devolder, Daniel; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia (Public Library Science, 2021)
      We study the health trajectories of the population aged over 60, comparing between one European and two Latin American countries (Spain, Chile and Costa Rica) which have similar longevity patterns. Our focus is on functional ...