Correlation of Frailty Status to Health Related Quality of Life in the elderly: a cross-sectional study on community-dwelling older adults referred to an outpatient geriatric service in Egypt

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  • Motassem S. Amer
  • Rania M. El Akkad
  • Heba S. Hassan
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Results: Frailty significantly correlates with all the 8 dimensions of the HR-QOL even after controlling for covariates. Also frailty status significantly correlates with age, education, Body Mass Index (BMI), function, depression and cognition. By linear Correlation coefficient a significant correlation between frailty and HR-QOL, age, function, cognition and depression was found. Conclusion: Dimensions of HR-QOL were negatively affected by frailty and that possible correlates of frailty status were age, low socioeconomic status, low body mass index, functional dependence, depression and cognitive impairment. Effort to improve quality of life for frail elders in this population is important.

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تاریخ انتشار 2015