A study on the prevalence and related factors of frailty and pre-frailty in the older population with hypertension in China: A national cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in elderly Chinese patients with hypertension.

Background

In China, there have been few national studies into the prevalence and factors associated with frailty and pre-frailty in elderly patients with hypertension.

Methods

Through the 4th Sample Survey of Aged Population in Urban and Rural China (SSAPUR) in 2015, the situation of hypertension subjects aged 60 years or older in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in mainland China was obtained. And the frailty index was constructed based on 33 potential defects, elderly hypertensive patients are classified as robust, frailty, and pre-frailty.

Results

A total of 76,801 elderly patients with hypertensio

SUBMITTER: Zeng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877294 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature