Daily life mobility detects frailty, falls, and functioning in older prostate cancer survivors treated with androgen deprivation therapy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) increases the risk of frailty, falls, and poor physical functioning in older adults with prostate cancer. Detection of frailty is limited to self-report instruments and performance measures, so unbiased tools are needed. We investigated relationships between an unbiased measure - daily life mobility - and ADT history, frailty, fall history, and functioning in older prostate cancer survivors treated with ADT.

Materials and methods

This cross-sectional study recruited prostate cancer survivors with a history of ADT from an exercise clinical trial, an academic medical center, and the community. Participants completed performance measures and surveys to assess frailty, fall history, and physical functioning, then wore instrumented

SUBMITTER: Tibbitts DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11890949 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature