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Article

Multidimensional Frailty and Lifestyles of Community-Dwelling Older Portuguese Adults

by
Ana da Conceição Alves Faria
1,2,3,
Maria Manuela F. P. S. Martins
3,4,
Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro
3,4,
João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva
1,5,
Esmeralda Faria Fonseca
5,
Luciano José Moreira Ferreira
5,
Paulo João Figueiredo Cabral Teles
6,7 and
José Alberto Laredo-Aguilera
8,9,*
1
Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Porto, Rua Jorge de Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
2
North Region Health Administration, 4000-447 Porto, Portugal
3
CINTESIS@RISE, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
4
Nursing School of Porto (ESEP), 4200-072 Porto, Portugal
5
Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
6
School of Economics, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
7
Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support—INESC Porto LA, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
8
Facultad de Fisioterapia y Enfermería, Campus de Fábrica de Armas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Av de Carlos III, nº 21, 45071 Toledo, Spain
9
Multidisciplinary Research Group in Care (IMCU), University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45005 Toledo, Spain
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(22), 14723; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214723
Submission received: 13 September 2022 / Revised: 4 November 2022 / Accepted: 5 November 2022 / Published: 9 November 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Health Care for Old Adults)
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Abstract

(1) Background: Lifestyles are referred to as conditioning factors for the frailty of older adults. However, there are few studies that explore its association. The objective of the present study is to analyze the association between sociodemographic, clinical, and lifestyle factors of older adults people with multidimensional frailty. (2) Methods: Descriptive and correlational study carried out with older adults people registered in a Health Unit in Portugal. Data were collected through a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire and application of the Individual Lifestyle Profile and Tilburg Frailty Index to assess the lifestyles and multidimensional frailty of older adults, respectively. This last instrument, being of a multidimensional nature, assesses not only physical, but also psychological and social frailty, with a cut-off point of 6. (3) Results: Of the 300 older adults who participated, most were female (60.3%) and had a mean age of 81.34 ± 6.75 years. Moreover, 60.3% of the sample were frail older adults. Gender, marital status, number of household members, number of chronic diseases, number of daily medications, self-perception of health status and lifestyle and use of a walking device were associated with multidimensional frailty (p ≤ 0.001). Healthy eating habits, physical activity, relational behaviour, preventive behaviour, and stress management were significantly associated with lower physical, psychological, and social frailty (p ≤ 0.001). (4) Conclusions: When community health workers are aware of multidimensional frailty predictors and their components, they can intervene early and, consequently, delay the onset and progression of frailty in older adults.
Keywords: frailty; aged; lifestyle frailty; aged; lifestyle

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Faria, A.d.C.A.; Martins, M.M.F.P.S.; Ribeiro, O.M.P.L.; Ventura-Silva, J.M.A.; Fonseca, E.F.; Ferreira, L.J.M.; Teles, P.J.F.C.; Laredo-Aguilera, J.A. Multidimensional Frailty and Lifestyles of Community-Dwelling Older Portuguese Adults. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14723. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214723

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Faria AdCA, Martins MMFPS, Ribeiro OMPL, Ventura-Silva JMA, Fonseca EF, Ferreira LJM, Teles PJFC, Laredo-Aguilera JA. Multidimensional Frailty and Lifestyles of Community-Dwelling Older Portuguese Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(22):14723. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214723

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Faria, Ana da Conceição Alves, Maria Manuela F. P. S. Martins, Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro, João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva, Esmeralda Faria Fonseca, Luciano José Moreira Ferreira, Paulo João Figueiredo Cabral Teles, and José Alberto Laredo-Aguilera. 2022. "Multidimensional Frailty and Lifestyles of Community-Dwelling Older Portuguese Adults" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 22: 14723. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214723

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Faria, A. d. C. A., Martins, M. M. F. P. S., Ribeiro, O. M. P. L., Ventura-Silva, J. M. A., Fonseca, E. F., Ferreira, L. J. M., Teles, P. J. F. C., & Laredo-Aguilera, J. A. (2022). Multidimensional Frailty and Lifestyles of Community-Dwelling Older Portuguese Adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), 14723. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192214723

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