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Frailty and use of health and community services by community-dwelling older men
— the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project | | Author(s) | Stephane Rochat, Robert G Cumming, Fiona Blyth |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 39, no 2, March 2010 |
| Pages | pp 228-233 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org http://www.bgs.org.uk doi:10.1093/ageing/afp257 |
| Keywords | Older men ; Living in the community ; Ill health ; Health services ; Community care ; Usage [services] ; Cross sectional surveys ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Frailty is a concept used to describe older people at high risk of adverse outcomes, including falls, functional decline, hospital or nursing home admission, and death. The association between frailty and use of specific health and community services have not been investigated. The cross-sectional relationship between frailty and sue of several health and community services in the previous 12 months was investigated in 1674 community-dwelling men aged 70+ in the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project, a population-based study in Sydney, Australia. Frailty was assessed using a modified version of the Cardiovascular Health Study criteria. Overall, 158 subjects (9.4%) were frail, 679 (40.6%) were intermediate (pre-frail), and 837 (50%) were robust. Frailty was associated with use of health and community services in the previous 12 months, including consulting a doctor, visiting or being visited by a nurse or physiotherapist, using help with meals or household duties, and spending at least one night in a hospital or nursing home. Frail men without disability in activities of daily living (ADLs) were twice more likely to have seen a doctor in the previous two weeks than robust older men, independent of age, comorbidity and socio-economic status. Frailty is strongly associated with use of health and community services in community dwelling older men. The high use of medical services suggest that doctors and nurses could play a key role in implementation of preventive interventions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100407219 A |
| Classmark | BC: K4: CH: L: PA: QLD: 3KB: 7YA |
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