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Prevalence and correlates of frailty among community-dwelling older men and women
— findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study | | Author(s) | Holly Syddall, Helen C Roberts, Maria Evandrou |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 39, no 2, March 2010 |
| Pages | pp 197-203 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org http://www.bgs.org.uk doi:10.1093/ageing/afp204 |
| Keywords | Ill health ; At risk ; Falls ; Physical disabilities ; Social surveys ; Hertfordshire. |
| Annotation | Frailty, a multi-dimensional geriatric syndrome, confers a high risk for falls, disability, hospitalisation and mortality. The prevalence and correlates of frailty in the UK are unknown. Frailty, defined by Fried, was examined among community-dwelling young-old (64-74 years) men (n = 320) and women (n = 318) who participated in the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. The prevalence of frailty was 8.5% among women and 4.1% among men (P = 0.02). Among men, older age (P = 0.009), younger age of leaving education (P = 0.05), not owning or mortgaging one's home (odds ratio [OR] for frailty 3.45 [95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-11.81], P = 0.05, in comparison with owner/mortgage occupiers) and reduced car availability (OR for frailty 3.57 per unit decrease in number of cars available [95% CI 1.32, 10.0], P = 0.01) were associated with increased odds of frailty. Among women, not owning/mortgaging one's home (P = 0.02) was associated with frailty. With the exception of car availability among men (P = 0.03), all associations were non-significant (P > 0.05) after adjustment for co-morbidity. Frailty is not uncommon, even among community-dwelling young-old men and women in the UK. There are social inequalities in frailty which appear to be mediated by co-morbidity. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100407217 A |
| Classmark | CH: CA3: OLF: BN: 3F: 8HT |
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