Institutional Residence Protects Against Cognitive Frailty: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT: Based on the complex aging background, more and more older people have to live in an institution in later life in China. The prevalence of cognitive frailty (CF) is more higher in institutions than in communities. Rarely studies were conducted on the relationship between institutional residence and CF. Hence, this study were performed to determine the relationship between institutional residence (living in a nursing home) and CF in older adults. A total of 1004 older community residents and 111 older nursing home residents over 50 years of age from Hefei, Anhui Province, China were recruited. CF included physical frailty (PF) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). PF was assessed using the Chinese version of the Fried frailty scale, MCI was assessed using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a

SUBMITTER: Huang JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748935 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature