Walking Speed and Social Participation in Hospitalized Older Adults in Southern Brazil

João Alberto Martins Rodrigues analyzed the association between walking speed and social participation in hospitalized elderly individuals (≥60 years) in a public hospital in southern Brazil. The study found a prevalence of pre-frailty of 50.1%, frailty of 39.8%, and reduced gait speed of 45%, with significant associations between reduced gait speed and lower social participation. The dataset includes analysis files in PDF and XLSX formats totaling 10.6 MB.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between gait speed and social participation based on data from social, productive, and physical/leisure domains.
• Model the odds of reduced gait speed based on age and social participation scores using logistic regression.
• Compare frailty and pre-frailty prevalence among hospitalized elderly patients based on clinical assessments.
• Investigate the interdependence of physical and social dimensions in aging using cross-sectional clinical data.

Strengths

• Includes specific prevalence figures for pre-frailty (50.1%), frailty (39.8%), and reduced gait speed (45%).
• Analysis is based on a defined clinical assessment (4.6-meter gait speed test) and three domains of social participation.
• Provides adjusted odds ratios (OR=1.06 for age, OR=1.12 for social participation) with confidence intervals.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects a specific geographic and institutional context (a public hospital in southern Brazil).

Provenance

Source

João Alberto Martins Rodrigues

Collection Method

Analytical cross-sectional study with gait speed assessment and social participation investigation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 19:53:47; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Southern Brazil