Relationships of self-perceived age with geriatric assessment domains in older adults with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Older self-perceived age is associated with poor health and higher healthcare utilization in the geriatric population. We evaluated the associations of self-perceived age with geriatric assessment (GA) domain impairments in older adults with cancer.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of baseline data from a GA cluster-randomized trial (URCC 13070; PI: Mohile). We included patients aged ≥70 with incurable stage III/IV solid tumor or lymphoma considering or receiving treatment and had ≥1 GA domain impairment other than polypharmacy. Multivariate analyses were used to evaluate the associations of age difference between chronological and self-perceived age (categorized into "feeling younger than chronological age" vs. "feeling the same or older than their chronolog

SUBMITTER: Loh KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7326651 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature