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Multidimensional frailty and its determinants among acutely admitted older people

a cross-sectional study using the Tilburg Frailty Indicator

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Multidimensional frailty and its determinants among acutely admitted older people

a cross-sectional study using the Tilburg Frailty Indicator

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Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to establish which determinants had an effect on frailty among acutely admitted patients, where frailty was identified at discharge. In particular, our study focused on associations of sex with frailty.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed using a sample of 1267 people aged 65 years or older. The Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), a user-friendly self-report questionnaire was used to measure multidimensional frailty (physical, psychological, social) and determinants of frailty (sex, age, marital status, education, income, lifestyle, life events, multimorbidity).

Results: The mean age of the participants was 76.8 years (SD 7.5; range 65-100). The bivariate regression analyses showed that all determinants were associated with total and physical frailty, and six determinants were associated with psychological and social frailty. Using multiple linear regression analyses, the explained variances differed from 3.5% (psychological frailty) to 20.1% (social frailty), with p values < 0.001. Of the independent variables age, income, lifestyle, life events, and multimorbidity were associated with three frailty variables, after controlling for all the other variables in the model. At the level of both frailty domains and components, females appeared to be more frail than men.

Conclusion: The present study showed that sociodemographic characteristics (sex, age, marital status, education, income), lifestyle, life events, and multimorbidity had a different effect on total frailty and its domains (physical, psychological, social) in a sample of acute admitted patients.

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OrganisatieHogeschool Inholland
AfdelingDomein Gezondheid, Sport en Welzijn
LectoraatGezondheid en Welzijn van kwetsbare ouderen
Gepubliceerd inEuropean Geriatric Medicine Vol. 12, Uitgave: 1, Pagina's: 151-160
Datum2021-02-12
TypeArtikel
DOI10.1007/s41999-020-00388-x
TaalEngels

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