Prevalence and associated factors of frailty among Southern Chinese Han patients on haemodialysis: a multicentre, observational cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Frailty has been extensively studied in the general population. However, there is little information on frailty among patients undergoing haemodialysis (HD) in China. This study analysed the prevalence and associated factors of frailty among Southern Chinese Han patients on HD.

Design

Observational cross-sectional study.

Setting

Three HD centres in Southern China.

Participants

Three hundred patients who underwent regular HD between June 2019 and October 2019.

Main outcomes and measures

Frailty was assessed using the Tilburg indicator of frailty (TFI) questionnaire, and the psychological status of the respondents was evaluated by the Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) and the Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).

Results

Seventy-five per cent

SUBMITTER: Gong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8928315 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature