Frailty in Older Adults and Internal and Forced Migration in Urban Neighborhood Contexts in Colombia

ABSTRACT: Objective: We investigated the association between the density of internal human migration, in the urban neighborhood, on frailty in the older adult population in Colombia. Methods: The data used in this study are from four Colombian population surveys. We analyzed 633 census tracts with a sample of 2,194 adults 60 years and over for frailty (measured using the Fried criteria). We considered the proportion of inhabitants in a census tract with a history of internal migration as the exposure variable considering three temporalities. For contextual forced migration, we identified two types: 5-year, and 1-year. Poisson multivariable regression models with two hierarchical levels (individual and census tracts) were estimated. Results: The prevalence of pre-fragile/frailty was 80.63% [CI 95%: 7

SUBMITTER: Rengifo-Reina H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10196000 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature