Multi-dimensional frailty and its risk factors among older residents in long-term care facilities in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The integrated model of frailty shifted the physiologically-dominated view to an integrated and multidisciplinary view of frailty and adopted an integrated and holistic approach to the complex challenges facing frail older adults and their caregivers. There is an urgent need for researchers to identify multi-faceted frailty among older adults and to explore contributors to it. We assessed the level of frailty among older residents in long-term care (LTC) facilities in Shanghai, China and explored risk factors of multiple dimensions of frailty among older residents.

Methods

It is a cross-sectional descriptive study. We interviewed 218 older residents from nine LTC facilities. We used Tilburg Frailty Indicator to assess older residents' physiological, psychological,

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8283709 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature