Browsing by Subject "Frailty"

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    • 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 ...
    • Prevalencia de fragilidad en personas mayores de Chile: Resultados de la encuesta nacional de salud 2016-2017 
      Troncoso Pantoja, Claudia; Concha Cisternas, Yeny; Leiva Ordóñez, Ana María; Martínez Sanguinetti, Ana María; Petermann Rocha, Fanny; Díaz Martínez, Ximena; Martorell, Miquel; Nazar, Gabriela; Ulloa, Natalia; Cigarroa Cuevas, Igor; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Márquez, Carlos; Lera Marqués, Lydia; Celis Morales, Carlos (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2020)
      Background: The assessment of frailty among older people could help to reduce its social and health burden. Aim: To determine and characterize the prevalence of frailty in Chilean older adults. Material and Methods: We ...