Identifying frailty syndrome with tug test in home-dwelling elderly

• Autor(a) principal: Filippin,Lidiane Isabel
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Miraglia,Fernanda, Leite,José Carlos Carvalho, Chakr,Rafael, Oliveira,Nathalia Cardoso, Berwanger,Dalvana Dutra
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/426
• topic: cross-sectional studies; frail elderly; primary health care; aging; psychometrics.

<p><b>INTRODUCTION:</b> Frailty is an important geriatric syndrome linked to increased mortality, morbidity and the risk of falls Detection of pre-frail and early frail individuals is essential to minimize adverse health outcomes, enabling effective interdisciplinary interventions.<br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To identify frailty syndrome with Timed Up and Go (TUG) test in home-dwelling elderly.<br> <b>METHODS:</b> A home-based cross-sectional study was carried out with 322 elderly people living in a Southern city of Brazil. The Fried frailty criteria was used in order to assess the levels of frailty; the TUG score was investigated as a possible predictor of frailty. The diagnostic ability of different cut-off points for the TUG test was evaluated using the ROC curve.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> ROC curve analysis for the TUG test, a value of eight seconds was identified as the good cut-off point for the screening of the frailty syndrome. The AUROC was 0.775, with a sensitivity of 85.0%, specificity of 59.5% and negative predictive value of 78.6%.<br> <b>CONCLUSIONS:</b> Considering the limitations of a single test to accomplish the overall complexity of frailty syndrome, in the present study, TUG test was a good screening tool in home-dwelling elderly.</p>