TY - JOUR
T1 - Fall and its association with the frailty syndrome in the elderly: Systematic review with meta-analysis
AU - Fhon, Jack Roberto Silva
AU - Rodrigues, Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
AU - Neira, Wilmer Fuentes
AU - Huayta, Violeta Magdalena Rojas
AU - Robazzi, Maria Lucia do Carmo Cruz
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Objective: To analyze the prevalence of falls and frailty syndrome and the association between these two syndromes in the elderly population. Method: Systematic review, without restriction of dates, in English, Portuguese and Spanish languages, in the databases PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and in the SciElo virtual library. The association between both variables was extracted from the studies (Odds Ratio and 95% Confidence Intervals). Results: The review included 19 studies published between 2001 and 2015. The prevalence of falls in the frail elderly population was between 6.7% and 44%; in the pre-frail, between 10.0% and 52.0%, and in the non-frail, between 7.6% and 90.4%. The association between both variables presented a value of OR 1.80 (95% CI 1.51-2.13). Conclusion: There is evidence that falls are associated to the frailty in the elderly. Other factors may influence this association, such as age, sex, data collection instrument of the studies, place where they live and the process of senescence.
AB - Objective: To analyze the prevalence of falls and frailty syndrome and the association between these two syndromes in the elderly population. Method: Systematic review, without restriction of dates, in English, Portuguese and Spanish languages, in the databases PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and in the SciElo virtual library. The association between both variables was extracted from the studies (Odds Ratio and 95% Confidence Intervals). Results: The review included 19 studies published between 2001 and 2015. The prevalence of falls in the frail elderly population was between 6.7% and 44%; in the pre-frail, between 10.0% and 52.0%, and in the non-frail, between 7.6% and 90.4%. The association between both variables presented a value of OR 1.80 (95% CI 1.51-2.13). Conclusion: There is evidence that falls are associated to the frailty in the elderly. Other factors may influence this association, such as age, sex, data collection instrument of the studies, place where they live and the process of senescence.
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U2 - 10.1590/S0080-623420160000700018
DO - 10.1590/S0080-623420160000700018
M3 - Scientific review
SN - 0080-6234
SP - 1003
EP - 1010
JO - Revista da Escola de Enfermagem
JF - Revista da Escola de Enfermagem
ER -