Prevalence, transitions and factors predicting transition between frailty states among rural community-dwelling older adults in Malaysia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to describe the prevalence and transitions of frailty among rural-community dwelling older adults in Malaysia and to analyse factors associated with different states of frailty transition. Frailty was conceptualized using modified Fried phenotype from the Cardiovascular Health Study.

Design

This is a prospective longitudinal study with 12-months follow up among older adults in Malaysia.

Setting

Kuala Pilah, a district in Negeri Sembilan, which is one of the fourteen states in Malaysia.

Participants

2,324 community-dwelling older Malaysians aged 60 years and older.

Results

The overall prevalence of frailty in this study was 9.4% (95% CI 7.8-11.2). The prevalence increased at least three-fold with every 10 years of age. This incr

SUBMITTER: Ahmad NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6218037 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature