Characterization of the Functional State in Fragile Bigger Adults from the Medical Practice
Journal Title: General medicine and Clinical Practice - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Context: the fragility of the elderly served in a community health area and to characterize elderlies according to fragility criteria. Objective: to characterize the functional state in fragile bigger adults from the medical practice. Material and Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional investigation with a quantitative approach was carried out between April 2017 and April 2018. Results: prevailed the alterations of mobility and balance in 54,8 %, only 16,1 % was alterations of the emotional state and 29,0 % was alterations functional cognitive. Conclusion: the presence of several fragility criteria such as elderlies older female sex with associated pathologies as hypertension.
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Jesús Cuéllar Álvarez Cuéllar Álvarez
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- DOI 10.31579/ jgmcp.2018/1.10064.
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