Concha-Cisternas Yeny, Cigarroa Igor, Matus-Castillo Carlos, Garrido-Méndez Alex, Leiva-Ordoñez Ana María, Martínez-Sanguinetti María Adela, Troncoso-Pantoja Claudia, Ulloa Natalia, Gabler María Fernanda, Petermann-Rocha Fanny, Parra-Soto Solange, Díaz Ximena, Celis-Morales Carlos
Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile.
Departamento de Ciencias del Deporte y Acondicionamiento Físico, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Concepción, Chile.
Rev Med Chil. 2020 Nov;148(11):1598-1605. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872020001101598.
Handgrip strength is an indicator of frailty in older people.
To determine the prevalence of low handgrip strength in older Chilean adults.
A cross-sectional analysis of 244 individuals aged 60 years or more, participating in the 2016-2017 Chilean National Health Survey, was carried out. Handgrip strength was evaluated by a hand dynamometer and low grip strength was determined as a grip strength ≤ 15 kg and ≤ 27 kg for women and men, respectively.
Twenty nine percent of participants had low grip strength. The average grip strength among 60-year-old men and women was 34.7 and 22.1 kg, respectively. These figures decreased to 28.8 kg and 17.2 kg among 90-year-old men and women, respectively. The prevalence of low grip strength in men and women aged 60 years was 18%. In 90-year-old men and women, these figures increased to 79% and 56.3%, respectively.
The prevalence of low grip strength increased substantially with age.
握力是老年人虚弱的一个指标。
确定智利老年成年人中握力低下的患病率。
对参与2016 - 2017年智利全国健康调查的244名60岁及以上个体进行横断面分析。使用握力计评估握力,女性和男性的低握力分别定义为握力≤15千克和≤27千克。
29%的参与者握力低下。60岁男性和女性的平均握力分别为34.7千克和22.1千克。在90岁男性和女性中,这些数字分别降至28.8千克和17.2千克。60岁男性和女性中低握力的患病率为18%。在90岁男性和女性中,这些数字分别增至79%和56.3%。
握力低下的患病率随年龄大幅增加。