Association between gait speed and the SHARE Frailty Instrument in a Falls and Syncope Clinic.
Eur Geriatr Med
; 12(5): 1101-1105, 2021 10.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Identifying physical frailty is useful in the context of falls and syncope assessment. The phenotype-based SHARE Frailty Instrument for Primary Care (SHARE-FI) does not measure gait speed. We evaluated the association between SHARE-FI and gait speed in a Falls' and Syncope Unit (FASU).METHODS:
We recruited a pilot sample of patients aged 50 and over attending FASU between November 2019 and March 2020. The association between gait speed and SHARE-FI was assessed with the Spearman's co-efficient (rs). Logistic regression was conducted to investigate the association controlling for age, sex, body mass index, comorbidities and polypharmacy.RESULTS:
104 participants were included (34 frail) median (IQR) age 74 (68-79) years. 68 were female. There was a significant negative correlation between frailty and gait speed (rs - 0.54, P < 0.001). In the multivariable model, gait speed remained independently associated with frailty (OR 0.09, 95% CI 0.02-0.52, P = 0.007).CONCLUSIONS:
SHARE-FI significantly captured gait speed in this clinical sample, adding to its validity.
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Fragilidade
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Ano de publicação:
2021
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