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- Title
Frailty Progression in Older Adults during the Start Phase of Vaccination Programs against COVID-19.
- Authors
Tamaki Hirose; Yohei Sawaya; Takahiro Shiba; Masahiro Ishizaka; Ko Onoda; Akira Kubo; Tomohiko Urano
- Abstract
Background: No studies have so far explored differences in frailty between groups of individuals who are vaccinated/unvaccinated against COVID-19. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate frailty progression in community-dwelling individuals requiring care/support who were using outpatient rehabilitation services during the start phase of vaccination programs against COVID-19. Methods: A longitudinal survey using the Frailty Screening Index was administered in April 2020, September 2020, and June 2021 to 74 older adults (43 males, 31 females; age, 78.2 ± 7.2; mean ± standard deviation) requiring long-term care/support and using outpatient rehabilitation services. Participants were divided into the vaccinated (those who had received COVID-19 vaccinations; 41 participants) and unvaccinated (those who had not been vaccinated; 33 participants) groups. The Frailty Screening Index and frailty rating (robust, pre-frailty/frailty) at each of the three periods were analyzed using the Cochran's Q test. The resulting items and ratings with significant differences underwent post-hoc testing with the Bonferroni correction. Results: Concerning the frailty rating (robust, pre-frailty/frailty), pre-frailty/frailty increased significantly only in the unvaccinated group. Its post hoc tests showed that pre-frailty/frailty increased significantly from April 2020 to June 2021 and from September 2020 to June 2021. Conclusions: We find a difference in frailty progression between groups of vaccinated and unvaccinated community-dwelling older adults requiring care/support who were using outpatient rehabilitation services at the beginning of coronavirus vaccination programs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Subjects
DISEASE progression; VACCINATION; STATISTICS; FRAIL elderly; COVID-19; IMMUNIZATION; COVID-19 vaccines; ATTITUDE (Psychology); COMMUNITY support; FISHER exact test; MANN Whitney U Test; MEDICAL protocols; SURVEYS; T-test (Statistics); INDEPENDENT living; RESEARCH funding; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION; VACCINATION status; DATA analysis; DATA analysis software; LONGITUDINAL method; OUTPATIENT services in hospitals; OLD age
- Publication
International Journal of Gerontology, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 1, p49
- ISSN
1873-9598
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6890/IJGE.202301_17(1).0010