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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Exploring the Relationship between Frailty, Functional Status, Polypharmacy, and Quality of Life in Elderly and Middle-Aged Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: A One-Year Follow-Up Study.

Elisabeta Ioana Hiriscau, Elena-Cristina Buzdugan, Ligia-Ancuta Hui, Constantin Bodolea

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elisabeta Ioana HiriscauNursing Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Elena-Cristina BuzduganInternal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ligia-Ancuta HuiPharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu", 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-4630-1434
Constantin BodoleaAnaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Clinical Municipal Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-7798-0762
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The association between frailty, disability in activities of daily living (ADL), polypharmacy, and quality of life (QoL) in middle-aged patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is little investigated. This study sought (a) to explore this association comparatively in elderly and middle-aged hospitalized patients with CVD and (b) to determine which domains of ADL and QoL might improve the frailty prediction. A one-year follow-up study including 90 elderly (≥65 years old) and 89 middle-aged patients (40-65 years old) was conducted. At baseline, frailty assessment was performed based on the Fried criteria; Barthel Index (BI) and Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) were used for ADL, and European Quality of Life-5 dimensions (EQ-5D) for QoL. At follow-up, data were collected via telephone. At baseline, 79 patients (51 elderly and 28 middle-aged) were frail. The CVD frail patients showed functional dependency and a poor QoL compared to the non-frail (

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Cardiovascular DiseasesFrailtyActivities of Daily LivingAdultAgedFollow-Up StudiesFrail ElderlyFunctional StatusGeriatric AssessmentHumansMiddle AgedPolypharmacyQuality of Lifecardiovascular diseaseselderlyfrailtyfunctional statusmiddle-aged patientspolypharmacyquality of life

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