Quality of life is substantially worse for community-dwelling older people living with frailty: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Frailty is an important predictor of adverse health events in older people, and improving quality of life (QOL) is increasingly recognised as a focus for services in this population. This systematic review synthesised evidence of the relationship between frailty and QOL in community-dwelling older people, with an emphasis on how this relationship varied across QOL domains.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis. We searched five databases for reports of QOL in older people with frailty and included studies based on pre-defined criteria. We conducted meta-analyses comparing "frail" and "not frail" groups for each QOL scale where data were available. We compared pooled results to distribution-based and known-group differences to enhance interpretat

SUBMITTER: Crocker TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620381 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature