Abstract

CHACON-VALENZUELA, Estephania et al. Cognitive Frailty, an Evolving Challenge. Univ. Med. [online]. 2019, vol.60, n.3, pp.58-68. ISSN 0041-9095.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed60-3.fcde.

The main challenges facing the increase of elderly population are the frailty and cognitive impairment, which are related to increasing disability, worse quality of life and cognitive decline. During the last years, it has been proved the two-way relationship between frailty and cognitive impairment, hence the concept cognitive frailty emerged by an international consensus group on 2013 in Toulouse (France). This reversible stage has been considered a new geriatric syndrome characterized by the coexistence between physical frailty and cognitive impairment, however, there is no consensus regarding diagnostic criteria. The objective of this study is to make an approach to the definition pathophysiology, and diagnostic instruments, and their respective association with adverse outcomes, to make an opportune diagnosis and apply multi-domain interventions focused on physical activity, nutritional focus and cognitive training, which can modify the course of this dynamic and reversible state by preventing functional impairment and improving the quality of life for the elderly.

Keywords : frailty; memory; motility; elderly; cognition.

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