Frailty and its Associated Factors Among Rural Community-Dwelling Older Adults

A Cross-Sectional Study

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ID13776206
AuthorsShaobo Guo (0009-0008-8253-7106, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China), Hongxia Liu (0000-0002-0170-4048, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China), Bei Zhang (0000-0003-0845-7534, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China), Xiangru Li (0000-0003-3182-6959, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China), Keke Lin (0000-0003-1755-0415, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume61
Pages469580241273120-469580241273120
Publication date2024-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueINQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00469580241273120
PMID39183630
OpenAlexW4401895650
LanguageEN
References cited35

To investigate the status quo and influencing factors of overall frailty and its 3 domains among rural community-dwelling older adults. This is a cross-sectional study. A convenience sample of 195 older adults from 6 villages in Bashang Area of Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, China, were recruited from August to September, 2022. The demographic characteristics, the Chinese version of Tilburg Frailty Indicator, Charlson Comorbidity Scale and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used to investigate frailty and its influencing factors. Univariate analysis and multiple linear regression analysis were employed. The prevalence of overall frailty among the older adults in Bashang Area was 85.13%. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that age, gender, marital status, regular exercise, comorbidity, and anxiety were the influencing factors of overall frailty. While anxiety was the only shared influencing factor for physical frailty, psychological frailty, and social frailty, age, gender, marital status, financial burden, the comorbidity, and regular exercise were factors which influenced 1 or 2 domains of frailty. The prevalence of overall frailty among the older adults in rural areas, Zhangjiakou City is high. It is influenced by many factors. Medical staff and policy makers should work hand in hand to improve frailty among rural community-dwelling older adults in China

Anxiety · China · Comorbidity · Cross-sectional study · Depression (economics · Environmental health · Geography · Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale · Marital status · Multilevel model · Population · Psychiatry · Rural area · Scale (ratio · Status quo · Demography · Frailty in Older Adults · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Nutrition and Health in Aging · Gerontology

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