Abstract
Objectives
To assess the relationship between the CHS frailty criteria (Fried et al., 2001) and cognitive performance.
Design
Cross sectional and population-based. Setting: Ermelino Matarazzo, a poor sub district of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Participants
384 community dwelling older adults, 65 and older.
Measurements
Assessment of the CHS frailty criteria, the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (memorization of 10 black and white pictures, verbal fluency animal category, and the Clock Drawing Test) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
Results
Frail older adults performed significantly lower than non-frail and pre frail elderly in most cognitive variables. Grip strength and age were associated to MMSE performance, age was associated to delayed memory recall, gait speed was associated to verbal fluency and CDT performance, and education was associated to CDT performance.
Conclusion
Being frail may be associated with cognitive decline, thus, gerontological assessments and interventions should consider that these forms of vulnerability may occur simultaneously.
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Yassuda, M.S., Lopes, A., Cachioni, M. et al. Frailty criteria and cognitive performance are related: Data from the Fibra study in Ermelino Matarazzo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. J Nutr Health Aging 16, 55–61 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-012-0003-6
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