A pilot study to identify factors associated with frailty within the World Trade Center general responder cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the significant exposures experienced by the World Trade Center (WTC) general responders, there is increasing interest in understanding the effect of these exposures on aging in this population. We aim to identify factors that may be associated with frailty, a clinical syndrome characterized by a decrease in one's reserve that has been linked to poor health outcomes.

Methods

WTC general responders enrolled in the WTC Health Program aged 50 and older provided informed consent. Validated frailty assessments, the Frailty Phenotype (with the Johns Hopkins Frailty Assessment Calculator) along with the FRAIL scale, categorized nonfrail from prefrail/frail. Fall risk, functional status, and cognition were also assessed. WTC variables, including an identified WTC-ce

SUBMITTER: Thompson HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12462526 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature