Hospital admission and the occurrence of delirium in older adults with physical frailty: cross-sectional study.

Objective: To analyze the relationship between hospitalization and the occurrence of delirium in older adults with physical frailty.

Method: Cross-sectional study carried out in a public hospital in southern Brazil. Hospitalized older adults aged ≥ 60 years participated.

Frailty and delirium in hospitalized older adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

Objective: to estimate the prevalence and synthesize diverse evidence about the relationship between frailty and delirium in hospitalized older adults.

Method: a systematic review with meta-analysis in which observational studies conducted with older adults about frailty, delirium and hospitalization, were selected without time of language restrictions. The search was conducted in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science and CENTRAL databases during August 2021.

Gait speed associated factors in elderly subjects undergoing exams to obtain the driver's license.

Objective: to analyze the factors associated with gait speed in elderly subjects undergoing physical and mental fitness tests to obtain a driver's license.

Method: a cross-sectional quantitative study conducted in transit agencies. The probabilistic sample included 421 elderly (≥ 60 years old).

Non-frail elderly people and their license to drive motor vehicles.

Objective: to analyse the link between the non-frailty condition and the results of driving license for elderly people to drive motor vehicles.

Method: cross-sectional study with data collection in the sample period from August 2015 to March 2016. Study performed with 347 elderlies (≥60 years).

Physical frailty and fitness of older driver.

Aim: to analyze the association between physical frailty and the results of fitness capacity exams for driving vehicles among elder Brazilians.

Methods: this is a cross sectional study, performed in traffic medicine clinics of the city of Curitiba (Brazil). The data was collected through the physical frailty tests, the use of a structured questionnaire, and searches on the records of the Brazilian National Register of Qualified Drivers.

[Handgrip strength and physical activity in frail elderly].

Objective: To investigate the association between handgrip strength (HS) and physical activity in physical frailty elderly.

Method: Cross-sectional quantitative study with a sample of 203 elderly calculated based on the population estimated proportion. Tests were applied to detect cognitive impairment and assessment of physical frailty.