title: Frailty criteria and cognitive performance are related: data from the FIBRA study in Ermelino Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the relationship between the CHS frailty criteria (Fried et al., 2001) and cognitive performance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional and population-based.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ermelino Matarazzo, a poor sub district of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  384 community dwelling older adults, 65 and older.
  
  
  METHODS
  Assessment of the CHS frailty criteria, the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (memorization of 10 black and white pictures, verbal fluency animal category, and the Clock Drawing Test) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Frail older adults performed significantly lower than non-frail and pre frail elderly in most cognitive variables. Grip strength and age were associated to MMSE performance, age was associated to delayed memory recall, gait speed was associated to verbal fluency and CDT performance, and education was associated to CDT performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Being frail may be associated with cognitive decline, thus, gerontological assessments and interventions should consider that these forms of vulnerability may occur simultaneously.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. yassuda@usp.br
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Yassuda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cachioni
authors.forename: D V S
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Falcao
authors.forename: S S T
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Batistoni
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Guimaraes
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Neri
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D005684:Gait; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008609:Mental Status Schedule