The prevalence of frailty in heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a growing interest in the intersection of heart failure (HF) and frailty; however, estimates of the prevalence of frailty in HF vary widely. The purpose of this paper was to quantitatively synthesize published literature on the prevalence of frailty in HF and to examine the relationship between study characteristics (i.e. age and functional class) and the prevalence of frailty in HF.

Methods

The prevalence of frailty in HF, divided into Physical Frailty and Multidimensional Frailty measures, was synthesized across published studies using a random-effects meta-analysis of proportions approach. Meta-regression was performed to examine the influence of age and functional class (at the level of the study) on the prevalence of frailty.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Denfeld QE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5392144 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature