ArticleAge and ageing2023
A prospective analysis examining frailty remission and the association with future falls risk in older adults in England.
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- Falls prevention in community-dwelling older adults and implementation of world falls guidelines: a call for action across Europe by the European Geriatric Medicine Society Special Interest Group on Falls and Fractures.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Association of health promotion behaviors with frailty in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Home-Based Virtual Reality Training for Enhanced Balance, Strength, and Mobility Among Older Adults With Frailty: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR serious games · 2025Review
- Development and validation of PRE-FRA (PREdiction of FRAilty risk in community older adults) frailty prediction model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Sustained frailty remission and dementia risk in older adults: A longitudinal study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Frailty: a global health challenge in need of local action.BMJ global health · 2024Review
- Subjective social status and trajectories of frailty: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.BMJ public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research has shown older adults experience dynamic changes in frailty status. This study aimed to determine the occurrence of sustained frailty remission and how remission is associated with falls risk.
methodsParticipants who contributed data to the analysis were in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing from Waves 1 to 8 (2002-2017). Frailty was defined across waves using the frailty index and categorised into robust, pre-frail and frail. We classified participants who improved their frailty category from Wave 1 (2002) to Wave 2 (2004) and sustained/improved category again into Wave 3 (2006) and compared them with those who were either robust or frail across Waves 1-3. Cox proportional hazard modelling was used to determine the risk of incident falls reported at Waves 4-8, with results expressed as hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals.
resultsOf 2,564 participants, 389 (15·2%) improved frailty category and sustained this during Waves 2-3, 1,489 (58·1%) remained robust and 686 (26·8%) remained frail during Waves 1-3. During the 10-year period (Waves 4-8), a total of 549 participants reported a fall. Compared with those who remained frail during Waves 1-3, those who with sustained frailty remission had a lower risk of future falls (HR 0·41; 95% CI = 0·36-0·45).
conclusionsFrailty remission is possible and can be sustained across 5 years. There is a lower risk of future falls in those who sustain frailty remission compared with those who remain frail.
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