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    Factores asociados al estado funcional en personas de 75 o más años de edad no dependientes

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    Objetivos: Identificar los factores asociados al estado funcional en una población de ancianos de 75 o más años de edad sin dependencia grave. Métodos: Estudio transversal de una muestra aleatoria (n = 315) de personas del Centro de Atención Primaria El Remei (Vic, Barcelona, España). Se evaluó el estado funcional mediante el test de ejecución de extremidades inferiores (EEII) de Guralnik, el Índice de Actividades Instrumentales de la Vida Diaria (AIVD) de Lawton y el Índice de Actividades Básicas de la Vida Diaria (ABVD) de Barthel. Se construyeron modelos de regresión lineal múltiple para identificar las variables asociadas al estado funcional. Resultados: La edad media fue de 81,9 años y el 60,6% eran mujeres. Casi la mitad de los ancianos de 75 o más años de edad sin dependencia grave presentaban discapacidad para las AIVD y una tercera parte limitaciones funcionales de las EEII. Los factores asociados al estado funcional de las EEII fueron el estado civil, el índice de masa corporal, el número de fármacos, y la agudeza visual y auditiva (R2 = 0,208). Las variables asociadas a las AIVD fueron la edad, el número de fármacos, el estado cognitivo, la agudeza visual y auditiva, y el estado funcional de las EEII (R2 = 0,434). Las variables asociadas a las ABVD fueron la edad, el sexo, la percepción subjetiva del estado de salud y el estado funcional de las EEII (R2 = 0,389). Conclusiones: El número de fármacos y las alteraciones sensoriales son los factores de riesgo que se asociaron de forma más consistente con el estado funcional en nuestra población de ancianos no dependientes

    Guia per a la implementació territorial de projectes de millora en l’atenció a la complexitat

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    Pacients crònics complexos; Atenció a la cronicitat avançada; Ruta assistencial de la complexitatPacientes crónicos complejos; Atención a la cronicidad avanzada; Ruta asistencial de la complejidadComplex chronic patients; Attention to advanced chronicity; Complexity care routeEls objectius d’aquesta guia són: definir les característiques, les estratègies d’identificació i el model genèric d’atenció de PCC i MACA i aportar una visió pragmàtica de la implementació d’iniciatives de base territorial per a l’atenció d’aquests pacients

    Risk factors for functional decline in a population aged 75 years and older without total dependence: A one-year follow-up.

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    OBJECTIVES: estimation of functional loss incidence and identification of risk factors associated with new disability onset in people aged 75 and older without severe dependence in a rural primary care setting. PATIENTS AND METHOD: Prospective cohort study of a representative sample of people aged 75 years or older without severe dependence (Barthel Index>20 and Lawton Index>1) at a primary care center, with a 12-month follow-up. The baseline geriatric assessment recorded activities of daily living (ADL), sociodemographic information, numbers of drugs prescribed, previous hospital admissions and falls, cognitive function, hearing and visual capacity, body mass index, blood pressure, and the Short Physical Performance Battery to evaluate lower limb function. ADL was re-assessed after 12 months, defining functional loss as a fall of ≥10 points on the Barthel Index and/or ≥2 instrumental activities of the Lawton Index. Bivariate and multivariate analyses using logistic regression models were conducted to identify factors independently associated with functional loss. RESULTS: Mean age was 81.7 years, 58.7% of patients were men, and 23.4% presented functional loss at the 12-month follow-up. Variables identified as independent predictors of functional loss were hospital admissions (aOR 3.92; 95%CI: 1.35-11.39), cognitive impairment (aOR 2.60; 95%CI: 1.39-4.92) and lower limbs functional limitation (aOR 2.01; 95%CI: 1.02-3.97). CONCLUSIONS: Our results support the use of performance batteries in primary care for identifying elderly persons at risk of functional decline; and they also highlight the relevance of appropriate management of hospital admissions and planned discharges in order to preserve patients' functional status.Health Research Fund (PI042370) and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER). III Research Grant of Osona promoted by the Foundation of the Medical and Health Sciences Academy of Catalonia and the Balearics, the Medical Science Group of Osona and the Osona Branch of the Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine

    Lower limb function and 10-year survival in population aged 75 years and older.

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    BACKGROUND: Scientific societies recommend assessing lower limb function in usual clinical practice. The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is one of the most validated tools to assess this, but its capacity to predict long-term mortality in very old population attending primary care has not been studied. OBJECTIVE: To assess the ability of the SPPB to predict 10-year survival in individuals aged 75 and over. METHODS: Prospective cohort study with a 10-year follow-up. A representative sample of people aged 75 years or older without severe dependence (Barthel Index > 20) treated at a Spanish primary care centre (n = 315). Baseline evaluation included geriatric assessment with most well-known death predictors. The three SPPB subtasks (standing balance, walking speed and chair stand tests) were administered. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazard models were calculated for all-cause mortality. RESULTS: Mean age was 81.9 years (60.6% female). Ten-year survival of elders with SPPB score <7 and ≥7 was 0.23 and 0.37 (P < 0.001), respectively. This difference remained statistically significant in the Cox model adjusted by age, gender, number of drugs prescribed, cognitive status, body mass index and visual sharpness (adjusted hazard ratio = 1.37; 95% confidence interval: 1.01-1.86). Also, walking speed and chair stand subtasks were both individual-independent predictors of 10-year survival. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that SPPB is an independent predictor of long-term survival. The chair stand subtask could be a predictor as useful as the full performance battery, becoming a good alternative for primary care where the burden of performing all three subtasks could be excessive.Instituto de Salud Carlos III FEDER: Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (PI042370); the III Research Grant of Osona promoted by the Foundation of the Medical and Health Sciences Academy of Catalonia and the Balearics; the Medical Science Group of Osona and Osona’s Branch of the Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine

    Factors associated with functional status in a population aged ≥75 years without total dependence

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    Objetivos: Identificar los factores asociados al estado funcional en una población de ancianos de 75 o más años de edad sin dependencia grave. Métodos: Estudio transversal de una muestra aleatoria (n = 315) de personas del Centro de Atención Primaria El Remei (Vic, Barcelona, España). Se evaluó el estado funcional mediante el test de ejecución de extremidades inferiores (EEII) de Guralnik, el Índice de Actividades Instrumentales de la Vida Diaria (AIVD) de Lawton y el Índice de Actividades Básicas de la Vida Diaria (ABVD) de Barthel. Se construyeron modelos de regresión lineal múltiple para identificar las variables asociadas al estado funcional. Resultados: La edad media fue de 81,9 años y el 60,6% eran mujeres. Casi la mitad de los ancianos de 75 o más años de edad sin dependencia grave presentaban discapacidad para las AIVD y una tercera parte limitaciones funcionales de las EEII. Los factores asociados al estado funcional de las EEII fueron el estado civil, el índice de masa corporal, el número de fármacos, y la agudeza visual y auditiva (R2 = 0,208). Las variables asociadas a las AIVD fueron la edad, el número de fármacos, el estado cognitivo, la agudeza visual y auditiva, y el estado funcional de las EEII (R2 = 0,434). Las variables asociadas a las ABVD fueron la edad, el sexo, la percepción subjetiva del estado de salud y el estado funcional de las EEII (R2 = 0,389). Conclusiones: El número de fármacos y las alteraciones sensoriales son los factores de riesgo que se asociaron de forma más consistente con el estado funcional en nuestra población de ancianos no dependientes.Objectives: To identify the factors associated with functional status in a population aged ≥ 75 years without severe dependence. Methods: A cross-sectional study of a random sample (n = 315) of elderly persons in a primary care setting (El Remei Primary Care Center, Vic, Barcelona, Spain) was carried out. Functional status was evaluated by three physical performance tests: the Guralnik chair stand test of lower limb function, Lawton-Brody's index of instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), and the Barthel index of basic activities of daily living (BADL). A backward multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the association of sociodemographic and clinical variables with functional status. Results: The mean age was 81.9 years and 60.6% were female. Around 50% of elderly patients without total dependence showed disability for IADL and a third showed lower limb functional limitation. The variables associated with lower limb functional status were marital status, body mass index, number of drugs, and vision and hearing impairment (R(2) = 0.208). The variables associated with IADL were age, cognitive impairment, vision and hearing impairment, and lower limb functional limitation (R(2) = 0.434). The variables associated with the Barthel index were age, sex, poor self-perceived health, and lower limb functional limitation (R(2) = 0.389). Conclusions: The risk factors associated with functional status in our population ≥ 75 years of age without severe dependence were the number of drugs and sensory impairment

    Guia per a la implementació territorial de projectes de millora en l’atenció a la complexitat

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    Pacients crònics complexos; Atenció a la cronicitat avançada; Ruta assistencial de la complexitatPacientes crónicos complejos; Atención a la cronicidad avanzada; Ruta asistencial de la complejidadComplex chronic patients; Attention to advanced chronicity; Complexity care routeEls objectius d’aquesta guia són: definir les característiques, les estratègies d’identificació i el model genèric d’atenció de PCC i MACA i aportar una visió pragmàtica de la implementació d’iniciatives de base territorial per a l’atenció d’aquests pacients
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