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. 2018 Jun 26;15(7):1336.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph15071336.

Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviour as Discriminant Criterion for Frailty in Older Adults

Venicius Dantas da Silva  1 , Sheilla Tribess  2 , Joilson Meneguci  3 , Jeffer Eidi Sasaki  4 , Douglas de Assis Teles Santos  5 , José Ailton Oliveira Carneiro  6 , Jair Sindra Virtuoso Júnior  7
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Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviour as Discriminant Criterion for Frailty in Older Adults

Venicius Dantas da Silva et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

This paper aims to analyse whether time spent in sedentary behaviour was a discriminant criterion for frailty in older adults. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a sample of 457 elderly individuals aged ≥60 years. Frailty was defined as the presence of three or more of the following criteria: Unintentional weight loss, low walking speed at a 4.57 m course, reduced manual grip strength, exhaustion and insufficient physical activity level. Participants were classified into two groups: Non-frail or frail. Exposure to sedentary behaviour was assessed by the time spent sitting during a typical week, according to the adapted version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Descriptive (mean, frequency) and inferential statistics (Poisson regression, Pearson’s Chi-square, Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve) were used to analyse the data, comparing them to the time-related areas exposed to sedentary behaviour by gender and the presence of fragility. The prevalence of frailty was 22.1% (n = 101). The most accurate cut-off points of sitting time for predicting frailty were >495 min/day (men) or >536 min/day (women). Time spent in sedentary behaviour can be used to indicate fragility in the elderly of both sexes.

Keywords: frailty; roc curve; sedentary behaviour.

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The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.

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Mean daily time exposed to sedentary behaviour as a discriminant criterion for frailty in the elderly. Solid line: Area under the curve limit; Dotted line: Confidence interval of the area under the curve. (A) Men; (B) Women.
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