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Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviour as Discriminant Criterion for Frailty in Older Adults.


ABSTRACT: This paper aims to analyse whether time spent in sedentary behaviour was a discriminant criterion for frailty in older adults. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of 457 elderly individuals aged ≥60 years. Frailty was defined as the presence of three or more of the following criteria: Unintentional weight loss, low walking speed at a 4.57 m course, reduced manual grip strength, exhaustion and insufficient physical activity level. Participants were classified into two groups: Non-frail or frail. Exposure to sedentary behaviour was assessed by the time spent sitting during a typical week, according to the adapted version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Descriptive (mean, frequency) and inferential statistics (Poisson regression, Pearson’s Chi-square, Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve) were used to analyse the data, comparing them to the time-related areas exposed to sedentary behaviour by gender and the presence of fragility. The prevalence of frailty was 22.1% (n = 101). The most accurate cut-off points of sitting time for predicting frailty were >495 min/day (men) or >536 min/day (women). Time spent in sedentary behaviour can be used to indicate fragility in the elderly of both sexes.

SUBMITTER: da Silva VD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6068470 | biostudies-other | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviour as Discriminant Criterion for Frailty in Older Adults.

da Silva Venicius Dantas VD   Tribess Sheilla S   Meneguci Joilson J   Sasaki Jeffer Eidi JE   Santos Douglas de Assis Teles DAT   Carneiro José Ailton Oliveira JAO   Virtuoso Júnior Jair Sindra JS  

International journal of environmental research and public health 20180626 7


This paper aims to analyse whether time spent in sedentary behaviour was a discriminant criterion for frailty in older adults. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of 457 elderly individuals aged ≥60 years. Frailty was defined as the presence of three or more of the following criteria: Unintentional weight loss, low walking speed at a 4.57 m course, reduced manual grip strength, exhaustion and insufficient physical activity level. Participants were classified into two groups  ...[more]

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