Trajectories of frailty and related factors of elderly people in Mexico.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Frailty is an indicator of health status in old age and a common clinical syndrome in older adults that carries an increased risk of poor health outcomes, including falls, incidents of disability, hospitalization, and mortality. This study aimed to identify the different trajectories of frailty and the factors related to frailty among Mexican older adults over time.

Methods

Data are from a four-wave panel composed of older Mexican adults from 2001 to 2015 of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS). Frailty is the accumulation of deficits using a frailty index. A multilevel analysis, using hierarchical models, was applied to know the changes of frailty trajectories and what factors are related to it.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Rojas Huerta AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9286518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature