[Frequency of successful aging and frailty. Associated risk factors].

OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency of successful aging (SA) and its relationship with frailty in an elderly population. MATERIAL AND METHODS:An analytical cross-sectional study of subjects ≥60 years of age seen as outpatients in a general hospital. Successful aging was defined as scores of ≥ 90 in the Barthel index and ≤ 2 in the Pfeiffer test. Frailty was determined using the Fried criteria. RESULTS:The study included 400 subjects (272 women and 128 men), with a mean age of 71.6±8.2 years. The SA frequency was 40.4%. frail status was statistically higher in non-successful aging subjects than in SA subjects (161.7 versus 7.9%; P<.001). Women were more frequently frail, while being a pensioner/retired and married were associated less frequently with frailty. CONCLUSIONS:Successful aging is associated with a lower level of frailty.