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“Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: Preventing frailty of elderly is an urgent issue in Japan. The “Yubi-wakka” (finger-ring) test was developed and validated as a predictor of sarcopenia, disability and even mortality. To clarify the prevalence of “frailty” defined by this test and the relationship between other indexes c...

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Autores principales: Fujii, Hitomi, Kodani, Eitaro, Kaneko, Tomohiro, Nakamura, Hiroyuki, Sasabe, Hajime, Tamura, Yutaka
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Publicado: Elmer Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31523335
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr3917
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author Fujii, Hitomi
Kodani, Eitaro
Kaneko, Tomohiro
Nakamura, Hiroyuki
Sasabe, Hajime
Tamura, Yutaka
author_facet Fujii, Hitomi
Kodani, Eitaro
Kaneko, Tomohiro
Nakamura, Hiroyuki
Sasabe, Hajime
Tamura, Yutaka
author_sort Fujii, Hitomi
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description BACKGROUND: Preventing frailty of elderly is an urgent issue in Japan. The “Yubi-wakka” (finger-ring) test was developed and validated as a predictor of sarcopenia, disability and even mortality. To clarify the prevalence of “frailty” defined by this test and the relationship between other indexes cross-sectionally and prospectively, we conducted this study. METHODS: Five thousand four hundred and five subjects who were 65 to 74 years old participated in this study. In a sitting position, the subjects surrounded their calf using their own finger-ring, and whether the calf was larger, just fit, or smaller than the finger-ring was determined. We analyzed these “Yubi-wakka” (finger-ring) test results and other clinical indexes. We used Student’s t-tests and the Chi-squared tests to compare the data between the groups, and logistic regression tests to adjust for multiple variables. RESULTS: In total, 38.8% of the subjects’ calves were judged as being “larger”, 45.6% as “just fit” and 15.6% as “smaller”, which was the positive test result. The positive rate differed among medical facilities without any known different characteristics. The comparison between the “larger” and “smaller” groups revealed that body weight, red blood cell count, serum lipids, uric acid and liver enzymes were significantly different between the groups. Metabolic syndrome was more common in the “larger” group. In multiple analysis, low body mass index was an independent risk factor in both sexes. Positive urinary glucose, higher aspartate aminotransferase, systolic blood pressure and low alanine transaminase were risk factors for positive test results for males. Smoking, high hemoglobin and old age were risk factors for positive test results in females. CONCLUSIONS: The test was simple and feasible enough for the primary care setting, without the requirement of any devices. However, the positive rate varied among the clinics. The subjects’ age was limited to under 75 years, and the test possibly detected individuals without metabolic syndrome and fatty liver. We are also planning to increase the subjects’ age range and collect data prospectively.
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spelling pubmed-67310482019-09-13 “Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study Fujii, Hitomi Kodani, Eitaro Kaneko, Tomohiro Nakamura, Hiroyuki Sasabe, Hajime Tamura, Yutaka J Clin Med Res Original Article BACKGROUND: Preventing frailty of elderly is an urgent issue in Japan. The “Yubi-wakka” (finger-ring) test was developed and validated as a predictor of sarcopenia, disability and even mortality. To clarify the prevalence of “frailty” defined by this test and the relationship between other indexes cross-sectionally and prospectively, we conducted this study. METHODS: Five thousand four hundred and five subjects who were 65 to 74 years old participated in this study. In a sitting position, the subjects surrounded their calf using their own finger-ring, and whether the calf was larger, just fit, or smaller than the finger-ring was determined. We analyzed these “Yubi-wakka” (finger-ring) test results and other clinical indexes. We used Student’s t-tests and the Chi-squared tests to compare the data between the groups, and logistic regression tests to adjust for multiple variables. RESULTS: In total, 38.8% of the subjects’ calves were judged as being “larger”, 45.6% as “just fit” and 15.6% as “smaller”, which was the positive test result. The positive rate differed among medical facilities without any known different characteristics. The comparison between the “larger” and “smaller” groups revealed that body weight, red blood cell count, serum lipids, uric acid and liver enzymes were significantly different between the groups. Metabolic syndrome was more common in the “larger” group. In multiple analysis, low body mass index was an independent risk factor in both sexes. Positive urinary glucose, higher aspartate aminotransferase, systolic blood pressure and low alanine transaminase were risk factors for positive test results for males. Smoking, high hemoglobin and old age were risk factors for positive test results in females. CONCLUSIONS: The test was simple and feasible enough for the primary care setting, without the requirement of any devices. However, the positive rate varied among the clinics. The subjects’ age was limited to under 75 years, and the test possibly detected individuals without metabolic syndrome and fatty liver. We are also planning to increase the subjects’ age range and collect data prospectively. Elmer Press 2019-09 2019-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6731048/ /pubmed/31523335 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr3917 Text en Copyright 2019, Fujii et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fujii, Hitomi
Kodani, Eitaro
Kaneko, Tomohiro
Nakamura, Hiroyuki
Sasabe, Hajime
Tamura, Yutaka
“Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study
title “Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study
title_full “Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study
title_fullStr “Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study
title_full_unstemmed “Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study
title_short “Yubi-wakka” (Finger-Ring) Test: A Tool to Detect Prefrailty in Elderly Populations, a Pilot Study
title_sort “yubi-wakka” (finger-ring) test: a tool to detect prefrailty in elderly populations, a pilot study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6731048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31523335
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr3917
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