Disability, quality of life and all-cause mortality in older Mexican adults: association with multimorbidity and frailty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multimorbidity and frailty are relevant conditions among older adult population. There is growing evidence about their association with poor health outcomes like disability, worst quality of life, and death. Nonetheless, the independent associations of both conditions have been studied, and few evidence exists about an interaction between them. Our aims were to assess the association of frailty and multimorbidity with the disability, quality of life and all-cause mortality as well as to analyze a potential interaction between these conditions.

Methods

Analytical samples included 1410 respondents for disability and quality of life, and 1792 for mortality. We performed a longitudinal analysis with older Mexican adults aged 50, using data collected from the WHO's Stu

SUBMITTER: Rivera-Almaraz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6172837 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature