Frailty trajectory over one year among residential aged care (nursing home) residents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Large population-based studies examining frailty trajectory found a linear increase in frailty over time. The pattern in which frailty changes over time for an individual person is less well-described. We examined the frailty trajectory of older adults living in aged-care in Australia.

Materials and methods

This secondary study used data from a randomised controlled trial involving 39 aged-care facilities in Australia. The trial intervention was an on-going pharmacist-led intervention occurring every 8 weeks over 12 months aimed at preventing medicine-induced deterioration and adverse reactions. Frailty was assessed using the Frailty Index. Participants were categorised as non-frail, pre-frail and frail. Individual frailty trajectory over 12 months was visualised

SUBMITTER: Lim R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9670112 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature