ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Profiles of Frailty among Older People Users of a Home-Based Primary Care Service in an Urban Area of Barcelona (Spain): An Observational Study and Cluster Analysis.
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- Lifestyle and Chronic Comorbidity in Relation to Healthy Ageing in Community-Dwelling People Aged 80 and over: Preliminary Study from a Primary Health Care Service in Southern Spain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The relationship between structural characteristics of long-term care institutions and their initial operating budgets.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Contribution of Frailty to Multimorbidity Patterns and Trajectories: Longitudinal Dynamic Cohort Study of Aging People.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2023Article
- [Longitudinality and continuity in home care].Atencion primaria · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe multidimensional assessment of frailty allows stratifying it into degrees; however, there is still heterogeneity in the characteristics of people in each stratum. The aim of this study was to identify frailty profiles of older people users of a home-based primary care service.
methodsWe carried out an observational study from January 2018 to January 2021. Participants were all people cared for a home-based primary care service. We performed a cluster analysis by applying a k-means clustering technique. Cluster labeling was determined with the 22 variables of the Frail-VIG index, age, and sex. We computed multiple indexes to assess the optimal number of clusters, and this was selected based on a clinical assessment of the best options.
resultsFour hundred and twelve participants were clustered into six profiles. Three of these profiles corresponded to a moderate frailty degree, two to a severe frailty degree and one to a mild frailty degree. In addition, almost 75% of the participants were clustered into three profiles which corresponded to mild and moderate degree of frailty.
conclusionsDifferent profiles were found within the same degree of frailty. Knowledge of these profiles can be useful in developing strategies tailored to these differentiated care needs.
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