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Aging and frailtyOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Frailty is a geriatric syndrome differ from disability and comorbidity
,evidence has accumulated that frailty does reflect poor
health and increased vulnerability to adverse outcomes in older
persons.
Frail and pre frail older adults have poorer physical function,
cognitive function, greater health care utilization , and higher risk
of falls, disability, and mortality than robust.
The aim of the study is to find the correlation between frailty
and QOL in community dwelling elderly. The study is cross
sectional study performed on ١١٥ participants ٦٠ years and older
recruited from outpatient geriatric clinic at Al Mansoura General
Hospital.
Each participant after an informed consent to participate in
this study was subjected to: comprehensive geriatric assessment
(CGA) including (MMSE , ADL , IADL ,GDS , BMI) , frailty
status assessed by SOF criteria and Edmonton frail scale, quality of
life by SF-٣٦, cognitive function by Montreal cognitive function test (Arabic version) ,executive function by Executive Interview
(EXIT- ٢٥).
We excluded from our study Subjects with severe cognitive
impairment, indicated by a MMSE score < ١١out of ٣٠ , and with
communication difficulties (visual or auditory).
The study revealed that all dimensions of QOL that we
investigated were found to be impaired in frail and pre frail older
participants assessed by SOF criteria and Edmonton frail scale,
there was statistical significance between QOL and frailty , frail
subjects reported a worse overall QOL than pre-frail and non-frail
subjects.
The study also revealed that prevalence of frailty status
assessed by SOF was( ١٩٫١٣%) ,by Edmonton frail scale
was(٣٤،٧٥٪), mild Frail(١٥٫٦٥٪), moderate frail (١٣٫٩١٪) and
severe frail (٥٫٢٢٪).
In this study there was significant correlation between frailty
assessed SOF criteria and Edmonton frail scale and geriatric
assessment tools done in this study BMI , MMSE, ADL, IADL
and GDS.