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ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021

Assessment of frailty and outcome of an ethnogeriatric population in periurban slums of Delhi, India - An interventional strategy in a primary health care setting.

Meely Panda, Farzana Islam, Sushovan Roy, Rambha Pathak, Varun Kashyap

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Article in Journal of family medicine and primary care, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Meely PandaDepartment of Community Medicine, AIIMS, Bibinagar, Hyderabad, India.
Farzana IslamHIMSR Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
Sushovan RoyHIMSR Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
Rambha PathakGIMS, Greater Noida, UP, India.
Varun KashyapHIMSR Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.
Deccan College of Medical Sciences · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe burden of frailty and aging will have a profound impact on the economy along with the deteriorating clinical condition of the olds.

aimThis study aim was to assess frailty of an ethnogeriatric cohort and associate it with domains of quality of life in Delhi along with a follow-up outcome assessment.

methodEdmonton frail scale on an ethnogeriatric cohort of 200 individuals in periurban slums of Delhi was used and associated with quality of life, calculated by the WHO-BREF -QOL questionnaire. An interventional strategy for healthy aging was adopted, and a follow-up outcome assessment was done to look out for mortality or morbidity.

resultThere were 37% frail with a mean score of 60 and 25% prefrails beyond 60 years with a significant increase in frailty with age. Females, single, working, and illiterate elderly were frailer as compared to their counterparts. Social domain followed by psychological domain of the QOL had least scores in the frail elderly. Olds, away from their place of origin were 25 times more likely to be frail and had lesser family integration, assessed by regression analysis. Nearly 6% died, with 21% of hospital readmissions after a 6-month follow-up. DISCUSSION: An earlier start of assessment would give us more time to react and respond and be pro-active for healthy aging besides taking into consideration the diverse ethnography in our country.

conclusionCross-cultural variations need the physicians to address the health care disparities and language barriers so as to make interventions more convenient.

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Agedfrailtyprimary carequality of life

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