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- Title
Factors Influencing Transitions Between Frailty States in Elderly Adults: The Progetto Veneto Anziani Longitudinal Study.
- Authors
Trevisan, Caterina; Veronese, Nicola; Maggi, Stefania; Baggio, Giovannella; Toffanello, Elena Debora; Zambon, Sabina; Sartori, Leonardo; Musacchio, Estella; Perissinotto, Egle; Crepaldi, Gaetano; Manzato, Enzo; Sergi, Giuseppe
- Abstract
Objectives To investigate frailty state transitions in a cohort of older Italian adults to identify factors exacerbating or improving frailty conditions. Design Population-based longitudinal study with mean follow-up of 4.4 years. Setting Community. Participants Individuals enrolled in the Progetto Veneto Anziani (Pro.V.A.) (N = 2,925; n = 1,179 male, n = 1,746 female; mean age 74.4 ± 7.3). Measurements Frailty was identified at baseline and follow-up based on the presence of at least three Fried criteria; prefrailty was defined as the presence of one or two Fried criteria. Anthropometric, socioeconomic, and clinical characteristics were assessed at baseline in a personal interview and clinical examination using validated scales and medical history. Results During the study period, 1,114 (38.1%) subjects retained their baseline frailty status, 1,066 (36.4%) had a transition in frailty status, and the remainder of the sample died. Older age, female sex, obesity, cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, smoking, loss of vision, low levels of self-sufficiency and physical performance, cognitive impairment, hypovitaminosis D, hyperuricemia, and polypharmacy were associated with increasing frailty and greater mortality. Conversely, overweight, low to moderate drinking, high educational level, and living alone were associated with decreasing frailty. Conclusions Frailty was confirmed as a dynamic syndrome, with socioeconomic and clinical factors that could be targets of preventive actions influencing transitions to better or worse frailty status.
- Subjects
ITALY; HEALTH risk assessment of older people; FRAIL elderly; AGE distribution; GERIATRIC assessment; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY weight; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; CHI-squared test; COGNITION disorders; CONFIDENCE intervals; ALCOHOL drinking; HYPERURICEMIA; MEDICAL history taking; SCIENTIFIC observation; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL diagnosis; PROBABILITY theory; RESEARCH funding; SEX distribution; SMOKING; T-test (Statistics); VISION disorders; VITAMIN D deficiency; MULTIPLE regression analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; EDUCATIONAL attainment; INDEPENDENT living; DISEASE exacerbation; POLYPHARMACY; GERIATRIC Depression Scale; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2017, Vol 65, Issue 1, p179
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jgs.14515