ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2022
Prevalence of frailty and its association with lifestyle factors among elderly in rural Bengaluru.
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- Nationwide insights into frailty: Systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based prevalence studies from India.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Pooled it
- Frailty: An overview.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2026Review
- Sarcopenia and frailty among the elderly population in the community: An observational study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Regional variation in prevalence of frailty in India: Evidence from longitudinal ageing study in India (LASI) wave-1.The Indian journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Prevalence of frailty and association with patient centered outcomes: A prospective registry-embedded cohort study from India.Journal of critical care · 2024Article
- Cognitive Function, and Its Relationships with Comorbidities, Physical Activity, and Muscular Strength in Korean Older Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Gender Differences in Determinants of the Components of the Frailty Phenotype among Older Adults in India: Findings from LASI Wave-1.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Multidimensional Frailty and Lifestyles of Community-Dwelling Older Portuguese Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Aging Vibrantly: Tackling Physical Frailty in the Elderly Population with a Focus on India's Health Challenges.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineReview
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Abstract
Background: There are nearly 10.4 crores elderly in India, with 65% of them living in rural areas. Accessibility to healthcare is limited in rural areas. Primary care physicians deal with a fairly large number of patients from the geriatric age group. With the steady increase in the proportion of elderly, there is a corresponding increase in the prevalence of frailty. Frailty among the elderly leads to increased dependency, adverse health outcomes and mortality. Early identification and targeted interventions by primary care physicians could prevent these adverse outcomes and even reverse its occurrence. Knowledge about environmental and lifestyle influences on frailty would further assist primary care physicians to prevent and manage it optimally. Methods: We interviewed 502 participants (>60 years of age) from four taluks of rural Bengaluru. Participants with frailty scores of 3 and above were considered frail, scores of 1-2 were considered prefrail. Association of frailty with lifestyle and environmental factors were tested using the Chi-square test. A value of Results: Prevalence of frailty was 24.70% and prefrailty was 62.75%. Elders in age group 60 to 74 years, those living alone or with others (other than the spouse), illiterate, working elders, elderly with less than two diagnosed comorbidities, elderly with low social score and low physical activity were associated with frailty. Conclusion: The young old population seems vulnerable to frailty. Health programs aimed at prevention, early detection and treatment of morbidities and frailty will improve their health.
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