Epidemiological status and associated factors of frailty and pre-frailty in older adults with asthma in China: A national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There are few studies on the prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in older adults with asthma worldwide. The aim of this study was to examine the epidemiological status and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in older adults with asthma in China.

Research design and methods

Data were obtained from the Sample Survey of Aged Population in Urban and Rural China in 2015, a nationwide cross-sectional survey covering 224,142 older people aged 60 years or older in 31 provinces/autonomous regions/municipalities in mainland China. We performed frailty and pre-frailty assessments using the frailty index, and the diagnosis of asthma in the older adults was self-reported based on the history of the physician's diagnosis.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Zeng XZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022817 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature