Frailty in the elderly: screening possibilities in Primary Health Care.

Autor:	Ribeiro EG; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Mendoza IYQ; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Cintra MTG; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Bicalho MAC; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Guimarães GL; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Moraes EN; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2021 Oct 01; Vol. 75 (2), pp. e20200973. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 01 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0973
Abstrakt:	Objectives: to evaluate two instruments for screening frailty in the elderly in Primary Health Care. Methods: this is an observational, cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, with 396 elderly people. SPSS software helped to perform the statistical analyses. The study used the kappa coefficient and Spearman's correlation. Results: the kappa coefficient between the Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index 20 and the Edmonton Frailty Scale was 0.496, considered moderate. There was a positive and significant correlation (r = 0.77; p < 0.001) between the frailty conditions and the total score of the two instruments. Conclusions: when this article assessed fragility through the kappa coefficient, both instruments presented positive correlation and agreement. However, the identification of frailty was higher when it used the Edmonton Frailty Scale.
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