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Constructing and identifying predictors of frailty among homeless adults—a latent variable structural equations model approach.
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- Prevalence and risk factors of frailty in people experiencing homelessness: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Pooled it
- Unsheltered Homelessness and Health: A Literature Review.AJPM focus · 2023Review
- Dual-task performance in old adults: cognitive, functional, psychosocial and socio-demographic variables.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- The association between sociodemographic factors, frailty, and health-related quality of life in older inpatients: a cross-sectional study.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Frailty in Comorbid HIV and Lifetime Methamphetamine Use Disorder: Associations with Neurocognitive and Everyday Functioning.AIDS research and human retrovirusesArticle
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Abstract
Homeless urbanites are a heterogeneous population with unique health and social service needs. The study examined situational, behavioral, health-related and resource indicators in terms of their direct impact on frailty, hypothesized as a latent variable. Using structural equation modeling (SEM), a model was tested with 150 homeless men and women, ages 40–73, from three homeless day center drop-in sites on Skid Row and one residential drug treatment (RDT) facility that works with homeless parolees and probationers. In bivariate analyses with the latent construct frailty, months homeless (p < 0.01), female gender (p < 0.05), education (p < 0.05), comorbid conditions (p < 0.001), nutrition (p < 0.001), resilience (p < 0.001), health care utilization (p < 0.01), and falls (p < 0.001) were significantly associated with frailty. In the final path model, significant predictors of frailty included educational attainment (p < 0.01), comorbid conditions (p < 0.001), nutrition (p < 0.001), resilience (p < 0.001), and falls (p < 0.01). These findings will serve as a foundation for future nurse-led, community-based initiatives that focus on key predictors of frailty among the homeless and the development of interventions.
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