Observational studyQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2020
Association between frailty and family functionality on health-related quality of life in older adults.
Observational study in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Frailty and quality of life in older ICU survivors: a scoping review of assessment tools and methodologies.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Family function and health self-management ability among older adults from mountainous areas in China: moderated mediation model in a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The association between sleep duration trajectories and intrinsic capacity in middle-aged and older adults in China: a longitudinal Chinese study assessing healthy aging.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Bidirectional association between frailty and quality of life within English longitudinal study of aging.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effect of dentition status on perceived mobility limitation among older Brazilian adults: a cohort study.Brazilian oral research · 2025Article
- Bidirectional association between frailty and quality of life within English longitudinal study of aging.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Association between oral health and physical performance in Brazilian older adults: SABE cohort study.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Older people's perspectives on frailty screening in primary care settings - a citizens' jury study.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- Association between functional capacity and family functionality with frailty in older adults with cardiovascular risk in southwestern ColombiaBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2024Observational
- Longitudinal association between dentition status and gait speed among older Brazilian adults: SABE cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Construction and verification of a risk prediction model for cognitive frailty in older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes mellitus.The Journal of international medical research · 2024Article
- Depressive symptoms and their influencing factors among older adults in China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Association Between Family Health and Frailty With the Mediation Role of Health Literacy and Health Behavior Among Older Adults in China: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- Influence of family function on social anxiety among Chinese nursing students: The mediating role of alexithymia.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Regional differences regarding the occurrence of falls and associated factors in two populations of Brazilian longevous people.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Family functioning and health-related quality of life of inpatients with coronary heart disease: a cross-sectional study in Lanzhou city, China.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2022Article
- The mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between family functioning and quality of life among elders with chronic diseases.Nursing open · 2021Article
- Expressive Flexibility and Dispositional Optimism Contribute to the Elderly's Resilience and Health-Related Quality of Life during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors: Regional Differences Among Oldest-Old in Brazil.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the longitudinal association between frailty and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults and to examine whether family functionality moderates the association between frailty and HRQoL.
methodsIt's a longitudinal observational study. The sample was drawn from three waves (2006, 2010, and 2015) of the Health, Well-Being, and Aging Study (Saúde, bem-estar e envelhecimento; SABE) collected in São Paulo, Brazil with adults aged 60 years and older. HRQoL was based on the Short Form (SF-12) Health Survey, from which the physical component score (PCS) and mental component score (MCS) were obtained. Frailty status was determined according to the Fried frailty criteria. Family support was measured using the family APGAR instrument. Mixed effects linear regression was used to determine the associations of frailty on longitudinal changes in HRQoL and to examine whether family functionality attenuates this association.
resultsBeing frail was negatively associated with MCS and PCS scores. Familiar functionality was found to be a protective factor for MCS only.
conclusionsThese findings are innovative and make an important contribution to the study of HRQoL among older adults in developing countries.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.