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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1134-928X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Gerokomos]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Gerokomos]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1134-928X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Española de Enfermería Geriátrica y Gerontológica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1134-928X2022000200006</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Fragilidad, polifarmacia y riesgo de caídas en personas adultas mayores]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Fragility, polypharmacy and risk of falls in older adults]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ruiz-Jasso]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura Verónica]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sifuentes-Leura]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Daniel]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acevedo-Alemán]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Torres-Obregón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Reyna]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[del Bosque-Moreno]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Facultad de Enfermería Dr. Santiago Valdés Galindo ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Saltillo Coahuila]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Facultad de Enfermería Dr. Santiago Valdés Galindo ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Saltillo Coahuila]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Facultad de Trabajo Social ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Saltillo Coahuila]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila Escuela de Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Piedras Negras Coahuila]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>95</fpage>
<lpage>98</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1134-928X2022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1134-928X2022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1134-928X2022000200006&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Objetivo: Analizar la relación de fragilidad, polifarmacia y riesgo de caídas en las personas adultas mayores.  Metodología: El diseño de estudio fue descriptivo, correlacional y transversal, conformado por 261 personas adultas mayores de Saltillo, Coahuila (México). Se utilizó una cédula de datos personales y prevalencia de polifarmacia, escala Frail y escala de Tinetti. Los datos se analizaron a través de SPSS versión 25 para Windows, se utilizaron frecuencias y porcentajes, medidas de tendencia central y dispersión.  Resultados: El 19,2% de los participantes fueron frágiles, el 44,1% de las personas adultas mayores presentaron polifarmacia y el 37,5% reportó un alto riesgo de caídas. La fragilidad se correlacionó positiva y significativamente con la polifarmacia (rs = 0,274; p &lt; 0,01) y el riesgo de caídas se correlacionó negativa y significativamente con fragilidad (rs = -0,333; p &lt; 0,01).  Conclusiones: Existe una relación entre la fragilidad y el riesgo de caídas en las personas adultas mayores, la polifarmacia no tuvo relación con el riesgo de las caídas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Objective: Analyze the relationship of frailty, polypharmacy and risk of falls in older adults.  Methodology: The study design was descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional, made up of 261 older adults from Saltillo, Coahuila. A personal data card and the prevalence of polypharmacy, the Frail scale and the Tinetti scale were used. The data was analyzed through SPSS version 25 for Windows, frequencies and percentages, measures of central tendency and dispersion were used.  Results: The 19.2% of participants were frail, 44.1% of older adults had polypharmacy, and 37.5% reported a high risk of falls. Frailty was positively and significantly correlated with polypharmacy (rs = 0.274; p &lt; 0.01) and risk of falls was negatively and significantly correlated with frailty (rs = -0.333; p &lt; 0.01).  Conclusions: There is a relationship between frailty and the risk of falls in older adults, polypharmacy was not related to the risk of falls.]]></p></abstract>
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