Fragilidad en adultos mayores con falla cardiaca crónica en un hospital de Lima

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