Purpose: To assess the effect of age in the association between poor sleep quality and frailty status.
Design And Setting: Population-based, cross-sectional study conducted in Atahualpa, a rural village located in coastal Ecuador.
Methods: Out of 351 Atahualpa residents aged ≥ 60 years, 311 (89%) were interviewed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS).
Aims: Frailty is a geriatric state of physical vulnerability that might be associated with cognitive decline in the absence of a concurrent neurodegenerative disorder. This assumes that neuroimaging studies are normal, but such examinations have rarely been considered for a frailty work-up. The present study identifies neuroimaging signatures in older adults interviewed with the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS).
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