Effects of multidomain lifestyle intervention on frailty among older men and women - a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome associated with poor clinical outcomes. Effectiveness of lifestyle intervention programmes among frail older people has been examined earlier, but effects of interventions on prevention of frailty have been rarely studied. The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent the multidomain lifestyle intervention in the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) affected changes in frailty status among older men and women at risk of cognitive disorders.

Methods

The 2-year multidomain lifestyle intervention trial including simultaneous nutritional counseling, physical exercise, cognitive training and social activity, and management of metabolic and vascular risk factors, was

SUBMITTER: Saarela L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11703011 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature