ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2023
The national burden of frailty and disproportionate distribution of its components-the predominance of slow gait speed: a 2018-19 face-to-face epidemiologic assessment representative of population of older Poles.
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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
- Gender differences in the association between physical frailty and cognitive function among older adults: A cross-sectional study in rural Guizhou, China.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association of Dietary Patterns, Suspected Sarcopenia, and Frailty Syndrome among Older Adults in Poland-A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Cross-sectional associations between patterns and composition of upright and stepping events with physical function: insights from The Maastricht Study.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2024Article
- Frailty and Survivability of Polish Caucasian Nonagenarians and Centenarians.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of a multicomponent exercise intervention in community-dwelling older Chinese people with cognitive frailty: protocol for a mixed-methods research.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of frailty and its components may be affected by age, diseases and geriatric deficits. However, the current operational definition of frailty assigns equal weight to the five components of frailty.
aimsTo perform a population-based assessment of physical frailty, its prevalence, and distribution of its components across different age, disease and deficit spectrum.
methodsFrom 2018 to 2019, we conducted a face-to-face cross-sectional assessment of a representative sample of older Poles. We obtained data on frailty components, chronic disease burden, and prevalence of particular diseases and geriatric deficits. We calculated weighted population estimates, representative of 8.5 million older Poles, of prevalence of frailty and its components across the disease burden, associated with the particular diseases and the geriatric deficits present.
resultsOf 10,635 screened persons ≥ 60 years, 5987 entered the face-to-face assessment. Data of 5410 have been used for the present analysis. Seventy-two percent of the population are burdened with at least one frailty component. The estimated weighted population prevalence (95% CI) of frailty was 15.9% (14.6-17.1%), and of pre-frailty 55.8% (53.3-58.2%). Slow gait speed predominated across disease burden, specific diseases, geriatric deficits and the age spectrum. Overall, the prevalence of slow gait speed was 56.3% (52.7-60.0%), followed by weakness 26.9% (25.4-28.4%), exhaustion 19.2% (17.6-20.8%), low physical activity 16.5% (14.8-18.3%), and weight loss 9.4% (8.4-10.3%).
conclusionsSlow gait speed predominates among the components of frailty in older Poles. This may affect the component-tailored preventive and therapeutic actions to tackle frailty.
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