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¿Qué sabemos sobre la prevención de la fragilidad en las mujeres?
Julia V Loewenthal1, Nicole K Bart2, Wren Burton3,4
1Division of Aging, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (JVL, KLI, AO).
American journal of lifestyle medicine
|September 2, 2025
Resumen
La fragilidad afecta a muchas mujeres mayores, con riesgos únicos durante etapas de la vida como la menopausia. Medicina para el estilo de vida
Área de la Ciencia:
- La gerontología y la salud de la mujer
- Medicina del estilo de vida y salud pública
Sus antecedentes:
- La fragilidad es un síndrome de vulnerabilidad que afecta desproporcionadamente a las mujeres.
- Las mujeres enfrentan riesgos únicos de fragilidad relacionados con etapas de la vida como el embarazo y la menopausia.
- La prevalencia es alta: entre el 9 y el 15% en mujeres mayores que viven en la comunidad y más del 50% en hogares de ancianos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Explorar la fragilidad en las mujeres, centrándose en los factores de riesgo y la prevención.
- Para resaltar el papel de la medicina del estilo de vida en la mitigación de la fragilidad.
- Abogar por estrategias de intervención temprana y holística.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión de la literatura existente sobre la fragilidad en las mujeres.
- Aplicación de los seis pilares del marco de la medicina del estilo de vida.
- Consideración de los beneficios específicos para las mujeres y los obstáculos a las intervenciones relacionadas con el estilo de vida.
Principales resultados:
- Las mujeres tienen un mayor riesgo de fragilidad a pesar de la mayor esperanza de vida.
- Los acontecimientos específicos de la vida (parto prematuro, menopausia prematura) aumentan el riesgo de fragilidad.
- La fragilidad es modificable a través de intervenciones en el estilo de vida.
Conclusiones:
- Un enfoque holístico de la medicina del estilo de vida de seis pilares es clave para la prevención de la fragilidad en las mujeres.
- Las intervenciones deben tener en cuenta las necesidades únicas de las mujeres y las etapas de su vida.
- Se necesita más investigación para estrategias terapéuticas adaptadas a la fragilidad de las mujeres.
Palabras clave:
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