Prevalence and assessment of frailty in interstitial lung disease - a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is a multisystem dysregulation that challenges homeostasis and increases vulnerability towards stressors. In patients with interstitial lung diseases (ILD) frailty is associated with poorer lung function, greater physical impairment, and higher symptom burden. Our understanding of the prevalence of frailty in ILD and consequently its impact on the ILD population is limited.

Objective and methods

We aimed to systematically review frailty assessment tools and to determine frailty prevalence across different ILD cohorts. Meta-analyses were used to calculate the pooled prevalence of frailty in the ILD population.

Results

We identified 26 studies (15 full-texts, 11 conference abstracts) including a total of 4614 patients with ILD. The most commonly used

SUBMITTER: Weber A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10521296 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature