Observational studyMedicine2020
Interventions aimed at loneliness and fall prevention reduce frailty in elderly urban population.
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- Community-based exercises improve health status in pre-frail older adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Assessing the quality of life in patients with complex chronic conditions: Cronimad study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Frailty and Loneliness in Older Adults: A Narrative Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Interventions that have potential to help older adults living with social frailty: a systematic scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Developing and validating machine learning-based prediction models for frailty occurrence in those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Enhancing knowledge, attitude, and perceptions towards fall prevention among older adults: a pharmacist-led intervention in a primary healthcare clinic, Gemas, Malaysia.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Frailty of Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy: A Scoping Review.The world journal of men's health · 2024Article
- Exploring Factors Associated with Physical Activity in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Associations between loneliness and frailty among older adults: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- The Association between Trajectories of Loneliness and Physical Frailty in Chinese Older Adults: Does Age Matter?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Dose-Response Efficacy of Physical Training on Frailty Status and Physical Performance in Community-Dwelling Elderly: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The Effect of Individualized Fall Prevention Programs on Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2022Article
- Primary care-based interventions addressing social isolation and loneliness in older people: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2022Article
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- Mapping instruments for assessing and stratifying frailty among community-dwelling older people: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Frailty and HIV: Moving from Characterization to Intervention.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2021Review
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- The relationship between frailty syndrome and self-care ability in the elderly with heart failure.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
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Abstract
Frailty is a pronounced symptom of aging associated with multiple comorbid states and adverse outcomes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of 2 interventions, one based on prevention of falls and the other on prevention of loneliness, on total frailty and dimensions of frailty in urban community-dwelling elderly as well as associations with independent living.This prospective interventional study followed up 410 persons aged 75 to 95. The participants of the control and intervention groups were monitored through a public health intervention programme. The level of frailty was measured by the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) questionnaire and the factors of independent living were analyzed using validated questionnaires.After 1 year, physical frailty measured in the control group showed a statistically significant increase (r = -0.11), while in the intervention groups physical frailty did not increase (both P > .05). Psychological frailty measured after 1 year in the control group was significantly higher (r = -0.19), as well as in the group where the public health interventions to reduce loneliness were carried out (r = -0.19). Psychological frailty did not increase in the group in which public health interventions to prevent falls were carried out, and social frailty did not increase at all in the study period. The total level of frailty in the control group after 1 year was significantly increased (r = -0.19), while no increase was seen in the overall frailty in the intervention group. Multivariate analysis has shown that both interventions where independently associated with lower end frailty. Additionally, higher baseline frailty and visit to a physician in the last year were positively associated with higher end-study frailty level, while higher number of subjects in the household and higher total psychological quality of life (SF-12) were independently associated with lower end-study frailty. Only in the prevention of falls group there was no increase in restriction in the activities of daily living throughout study follow-up.Public health interventions to prevent falls and to prevent loneliness have a positive effect on the frailty and independent living of the elderly living in their own homes in an urban community.
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