Estrada-Gómez OA, Salcedo-Rocha AL, García de Alba-García JE

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Frailty is defined as a biologic syndrome in older adults characterized as the depletion of homeostatic reserve and reduced resistance to stressors provoked by cumulative declines in several physiological systems. Frailty syndrome is relevant in Mexico due to the country’s demographic aging process resulting from the combination of the increase in life expectancy and a sustained decrease in fecundity leading to a significant augmentation in the mean age of the population and a increasing proportion of elderly people. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of frailty syndrome among older adults enrolled in the Universitary System for Older Adults. Methodology: Fried’s criteria modified by Avila Funes were used to determine the presence of frailty syndrome among older adults enrolled in the Universitary System for Older Adults who attended a presentation about frailty syndrome that took place at the State’s Public Library. Results: Frailty syndrome was present in 7.7% of the participants, 35% were classified as prefrail and 56,4% as non-frail. Conclusion: In Mexico, frailty represents a current and future public health issue that requires to be addressed immediately. It is needed to embrace strategies like raising awareness among primary-care physicians about prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of this syndrome.

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