Relationship between frailty and long-term care needs in Chinese community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between the severity of frailty and the long-term care (LTC) needs of older adults from Chinese communities.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Three Chinese community health centres. All data were collected by trained researchers through face-to-face collection.

Participants

We surveyed a total of 540 older residents who aged 60 or older from community in Guangzhou, China.

Measures

The Chinese version of the Tilburg frailty indicator was used to assess the frailty status of participants. LTC needs was evaluated by Integrated Home Care Services Questionnaire. Using non-adjusted and multivariate adjusted logistic regression analysis to evaluate frailty and LTC needs, then smoothed plots, thre

SUBMITTER: Chen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058676 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature