Contribution of Frailty to Multimorbidity Patterns and Trajectories: Longitudinal Dynamic Cohort Study of Aging People.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity and frailty are characteristics of aging that need individualized evaluation, and there is a 2-way causal relationship between them. Thus, considering frailty in analyses of multimorbidity is important for tailoring social and health care to the specific needs of older people.

Objective

This study aimed to assess how the inclusion of frailty contributes to identifying and characterizing multimorbidity patterns in people aged 65 years or older.

Methods

Longitudinal data were drawn from electronic health records through the SIDIAP (Sistema d'Informació pel Desenvolupament de la Investigació a l'Atenció Primària) primary care database for the population aged 65 years or older from 2010 to 2019 in Catalonia, Spain. Frailty and multimorbidity were

SUBMITTER: Carrasco-Ribelles LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10365626 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature