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Frailty as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes among Spanish Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Spain is one of the European countries with the oldest populations. The prevalence of frailty among Spanish older people ranges from 8.4 to 29.4% and currently, is one of the most relevant public health challenges. The Tilburg Frailty indicator (TFI) has been widely used in the community and in heal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36232056 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912756 |
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author | Doñate-Martínez, Ascensión Alhambra-Borrás, Tamara Durá-Ferrandis, Estrella |
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description | Spain is one of the European countries with the oldest populations. The prevalence of frailty among Spanish older people ranges from 8.4 to 29.4% and currently, is one of the most relevant public health challenges. The Tilburg Frailty indicator (TFI) has been widely used in the community and in healthcare settings for assessing frailty. The objective of this study is to evaluate the predictive performance of the TFI for several adverse outcomes among Spanish community-dwelling older adults. The predictive performance was tested through linear regression analyses and receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves. A total of 552 Spanish older adults composed the study sample. Participants were assessed at baseline and after 6 months. Main results showed that frailty was strongly and significantly correlated with disability, physical health, mental health and falls efficacy. The TFI score predicted most of these adverse outcomes. The ROC analyses confirmed the acceptable predictive performance of the total frailty. This study provides new evidence confirming that the TFI is a valid tool to predict several adverse outcomes in Spanish older adults, which may allow professionals to plan and activate health and social care resources to support frail patients’ needs. |
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spelling | pubmed-95663442022-10-15 Frailty as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes among Spanish Community-Dwelling Older Adults Doñate-Martínez, Ascensión Alhambra-Borrás, Tamara Durá-Ferrandis, Estrella Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Spain is one of the European countries with the oldest populations. The prevalence of frailty among Spanish older people ranges from 8.4 to 29.4% and currently, is one of the most relevant public health challenges. The Tilburg Frailty indicator (TFI) has been widely used in the community and in healthcare settings for assessing frailty. The objective of this study is to evaluate the predictive performance of the TFI for several adverse outcomes among Spanish community-dwelling older adults. The predictive performance was tested through linear regression analyses and receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves. A total of 552 Spanish older adults composed the study sample. Participants were assessed at baseline and after 6 months. Main results showed that frailty was strongly and significantly correlated with disability, physical health, mental health and falls efficacy. The TFI score predicted most of these adverse outcomes. The ROC analyses confirmed the acceptable predictive performance of the total frailty. This study provides new evidence confirming that the TFI is a valid tool to predict several adverse outcomes in Spanish older adults, which may allow professionals to plan and activate health and social care resources to support frail patients’ needs. MDPI 2022-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9566344/ /pubmed/36232056 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912756 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Doñate-Martínez, Ascensión Alhambra-Borrás, Tamara Durá-Ferrandis, Estrella Frailty as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes among Spanish Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title | Frailty as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes among Spanish Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_full | Frailty as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes among Spanish Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_fullStr | Frailty as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes among Spanish Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Frailty as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes among Spanish Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_short | Frailty as a Predictor of Adverse Outcomes among Spanish Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_sort | frailty as a predictor of adverse outcomes among spanish community-dwelling older adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9566344/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36232056 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912756 |
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