Objetivo. Determinar la prevalencia de fragilidad en adultos mayores con falla cardiaca y examinar la asociación entre la fragilidad y las características sociodemográficas y clínicas en pacientes del programa de falla cardiaca crónica del Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen en el periodo 2018-2020. Materiales y métodos. Estudio observacional, transversal y correlacional con enfoque cuantitativo en pacientes mayores de 60 años que tuvieron una valoración de fragilidad mediante la escala de Edmonton como no frágil (0-4), aparentemente vulnerable (5-6), levemente frágil (7-8), moderadamente frágil (9-10) y severamente frágil (11-17). La asociación de la fragilidad y las características de los pacientes se evaluó mediante la prueba de chi cuadrado de Pearson; se consideraron significativos los valores de p<0,05. y con un intervalo de confianza del 95%. Resultados. L...

Objective. To determine the prevalence of frailty in older adults with heart failure and to examine the association between frailty and socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in patients in the Chronic Heart Failure program of the Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen National Hospital in the period 2018-2020. Materials and methods. Observational, cross-sectional, correlational study with quantitative approach in patients older than 60 years who had a frailty assessment using the Edmonton scale; as non-frail (0-4), apparently vulnerable (5-6), mildly frail (7-8), moderately frail (9-10) and severely frail (11-17). The association of frailty and patient characteristics was assessed using Pearson's Chi-Square test, values of p<0.05. and with a 95% confidence interval were considered significant. Results. The prevalence of frailty was 58.8%, most patients were male (71.8%) and the average ...

Objective. To determine the prevalence of frailty in older adults with heart failure and to examine the association between frailty and socio-demographic and clinical characteristics in patients in the Chronic Heart Failure program of the Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen National Hospital in the period 2018-2020. Materials and methods. Observational, cross-sectional, correlational study with quantitative approach in patients older than 60 years who had a frailty assessment using the Edmonton scale; as non-frail (0-4), apparently vulnerable (5-6), mildly frail (7-8), moderately frail (9-10) and severely frail (11-17). The association of frailty and patient characteristics was assessed using Pearson's Chi-Square test, values of p<0.05. and with a 95% confidence interval were considered significant. Results. The prevalence of frailty was 58.8%, most patients were male (71.8%) and the average ...