Artículo o Paper
Prevalencia de debilidad muscular en personas mayores chilenas: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2016-2017
Fecha
2021-05-10Registro en:
Concha-Cisternas, Y., Cigarroa, I., Matus-Castillo, C., Garrido-Méndez, A., Leiva-Ordoñez, A. M., Martínez-Sanguinetti, M. A., ... & Celis-Morales, C. (2020). Prevalencia de debilidad muscular en personas mayores chilenas: resultados de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud 2016-2017. Revista médica de Chile, 148(11), 1598-1605.
0034-9887
eISSN 0717-6163
WOS: 000637311000007
PMID: 33844765
10.4067/S0034-98872020001101598
Autor
Concha-Cisternas, Yeny
Cigarroa, Igor
Matus-Castillo, Carlos
Garrido-Méndez, Alex
Leiva-Ordoñez, Ana María
Martínez-Sanguinetti, María Adela
Troncoso-Pantoja, Claudia
Ulloa, Natalia
Fernanda Gabler, María
Petermann-Rocha, Fanny
Parra-Soto, Solange
Diaz, Ximena
Celis-Morales, Carlos [Univ Mayor, Ctr Invest Fisiol Ejercicio CIFE, Providencia, Chile]
Institución
Resumen
Background: Handgrip strength is an indicator of frailty in older people. Aim: To determine the prevalence of low handgrip strength in older Chilean adults. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional analysis of 244 individuals aged 60 years or more, participating in the 2016-2017 Chilean National Health Survey, was carried out. Handgrip strength was evaluated by a hand dynamometer and low grip strength was determined as a grip strength <= 15 kg and <= 27 kg for women and men, respectively. Results: Twenty nine percent of participants had low grip strength. The average grip strength among 60-year-old men and women was 34.7 and 22.1 kg, respectively. These figures decreased to 28.8 kg and 17.2 kg among 90-year-old men and women, respectively. The prevalence of low grip strength in men and women aged 60 years was 18%. In 90-year-old men and women, these figures increased to 79% and 56.3%, respectively. Conclusions: The prevalence of low grip strength increased substantially with age.