Association Between Frailty and Inpatient Services Utilization Among Older Adults in Rural China: The Mediating Role of Multimorbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Developed and developing countries have different health systems and disease patterns. There is little evidence that frailty is related to inpatient services utilization in developing countries. In addition, the underlying mechanism of this relationship also remains unclear. This study aimed to examine the association between frailty and inpatient services utilization, and further explore whether multimorbidity play a mediating role in this association.

Methods

A total of 3,242 rural older adults aged 60 and older were included in the analysis. Frailty was measured by the physical frailty phenotype (PFP). Multimorbidity and inpatient services utilization was measured based on participants' self-report and validated by village doctors. Ordered logistic regression

SUBMITTER: Yuan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8844457 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature