Comparison of frailty among Japanese, Brazilian Japanese descendants and Brazilian community-dwelling older women

Aim To investigate frailty in Japanese, Brazilian Japanese descendants and Brazilian older women. Methods The collected data included sociodemographic and health‐related characteristics, and the frailty index Kihon Checklist. We analyzed the differences between the mean scores of Kihon Checklist dom...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Geriatrics & gerontology international 2015-06, Vol.15 (6), p.762-769
Hauptverfasser:	Sewo Sampaio, Priscila Yukari, Sampaio, Ricardo Aurélio Carvalho, Yamada, Minoru, Ogita, Mihoko, Arai, Hidenori
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Brazil - epidemiology Checklist Cross-Cultural Comparison cross-cultural study Culture Frail Elderly - statistics & numerical data Frailty Geriatric Assessment Humans Japan - epidemiology Japan - ethnology Kihon Checklist Life Style Logistic Models Older people older women Socioeconomic Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	Aim To investigate frailty in Japanese, Brazilian Japanese descendants and Brazilian older women. Methods The collected data included sociodemographic and health‐related characteristics, and the frailty index Kihon Checklist. We analyzed the differences between the mean scores of Kihon Checklist domains (using ancova) and the percentage of frail women (using χ2‐test). We carried out a binary logistic regression with Kihon Checklist domains. Results A total of 211 participants (Japanese n = 84, Brazilian Japanese descendants n = 55, Brazilian n = 72) participated in this research. The Brazilian participants had the highest total Kihon Checklist scores (more frail), whereas the Brazilian Japanese descendants had the lowest scores (P
ISSN:	1444-1586 1447-0594
DOI:	10.1111/ggi.12348