FRAILTY IN PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED DUE TO DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE

Factores asociados a fragilidad en pacientes hospitalizados con insuficiencia cardiaca descompensada

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Diaz-Toro, Felipe; Facultad de Enfermería. Escuela de Enfermería. Universidad Andrés Bello.

Nazzal Nazzal, Carolina; Escuela de Salud Publica. Universidad de Chile

Verdejo, Hugo; División de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares. Facultad de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Rossel, Victor; Hospital El Salvador

Castro, Pablo; División de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares. Facultad de Medicina. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Larrea, Ricardo; Clinica Davila

Concepción, Roberto; Hospital DIPRECA

Sepúlveda, Luis; Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile

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Abstract
Background: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterized by a progressive impairment in the subjects’ ability to respond to environmental stress. Frailty is more commonly found in heart failure (HF) patients than in general population and it is an independent predictor of rehospitalization, emergency room visits and death. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of frailty in patients with decompensated HF admitted to four hospitals in Santiago, Chile. Material and methods: Cross-sectional study. Subjects aged 60 or older consecutively admitted for decompensated HF to the study centers between August 2014 and March 2015 were included. Frailty was defined as the presence of three or more of the following criteria: unintended weight loss, muscular weakness, depression symptoms (exhaustion), reduced gait speed and low physical activity. Independent variables were tested for association using simple logistic regression. Variables associated with frailty (p
 
Background: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterized by a progressive impairment in the subjects’ ability to respond to environmental stress. Frailty is more commonly found in heart failure (HF) patients than in general population and it is an independent predictor of rehospitalization, emergency room visits and death. Aim: To estimate the prevalence of frailty in patients with decompensated HF admitted to four hospitals in Santiago, Chile. Material and methods: Cross-sectional study. Subjects aged 60 or older consecutively admitted for decompensated HF to the study centers between August 2014 and March 2015 were included. Frailty was defined as the presence of three or more of the following criteria: unintended weight loss, muscular weakness, depression symptoms (exhaustion), reduced gait speed and low physical activity. Independent variables were tested for association using simple logistic regression. Variables associated with frailty (p
 
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