Sentence examples for community frailty from inspiring English sources

These figures confirm the results presented in Tables  1, 2, 3, and 4 for these covariates.> By using the likelihood ratio test with a null hypothesis that the variance of the community frailty term is zero (θ = 0), the chi-square test statistic yielded a p-value of 0.052.

This statement implies that the survival times of children under the age of five within the same community can be well explained by the observed covariates considered in the study using the hazard ratios presented by the results from the analysis without the community frailty term.

Fit refers to older individuals who are able to independently perform the daily activities in the community; frailty refers to older adults who may not be independently mobile and may be dependent on others to carry out daily activities, and are often in institutionalized care.

Four distinct Bayesian survival models were considered: the first (Model IV) was a Bayesian Weibull survival model; the second (Model V) was a Bayesian Cox-PH model; the third (Model VI) was Bayesian (Weibull) model with community level frailty; and finally (Model VII) was a Bayesian (Weibull) model with household level frailty.

In community populations, frailty is associated with an increased risk of functional decline, death, hospitalisation and worsening mobility [ 8] so it is logical to test frailty scales to assess their predictive properties in acute care to see if they can be used as a method of identifying those at risk.

The quick and valid CCSHA_CFS TV saved us tremendous time and resources in conducting the large-scale community-based frailty screening.

The aim of this analysis was to investigate the relationship of statins with institutionalisation and death in older men living in the community, accounting for frailty.

Developed on a cohort of community-dwelling seniors, frailty was defined as the presence of three or more of five criteria (slow gait, muscle weakness as determined by grip strength, low physical activity, unintentional weight loss and self-reported exhaustion) [ 5].

To determine the cross sectional relationship between BMI and frailty in community dwelling older adults.

3. To determine if body mass index influences the relationship between falls and frailty in community dwelling older adults.

This study aims to explore family carers' reactions to caregiving during an intervention targeting frailty in community living older people.