The Association of Frailty with Hospitalizations and Mortality among Community Dwelling Older Adults with Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes (DM) is associated with an accelerated aging that promotes frailty, a state of vulnerability to stressors, characterized by multisystem decline that results in diminished intrinsic reserve and is associated with morbidity, mortality and utilization. Research suggests a bidirectional relationship between frailty and diabetes. Frailty is associated with mortality in patients with diabetes, but its prevalence and impact on hospitalizations are not well known.

Objectives

Determine the association of frailty with all-cause hospitalizations and mortality in older Veterans with diabetes.

Design

Retrospective cohort.

Setting

Outpatient.

Participants

Veterans 65 years and older with diabetes who were identified as frail through calculation of

SUBMITTER: Ferri-Guerra J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12275663 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature