Frail nursing home residents face multiple health challenges as a result of their frail status.
We conclude that prevalence of pre-frail and frail status in Peruvian Navy Veterans and family members is high.
In unadjusted analyses, older age, female gender, CHF, PVD, COPD, higher number of prescribed medications, prefrail or frail status versus non-frail, and higher CES-D score and/or prescribed antidepressants were associated with increased odds of falling.
The presence of three or more denotes the presence of frailty while one or two signifies pre-frail status.
It was also observed that individuals with falls, recurringt falls, disability and those who exhibited a pre-frail status were more likely to report dizziness in the past year.
Despite having a lower cardiac risk index and Charlson comorbidity score, the younger of the two patients presented with more subtle negative geriatric-specific risk predictors – including intermediate or pre-frail status, borderline malnutrition, and reduced functional/mobility – which may have contributed to her 1-day-longer length of stay and need for readmission.
> -wrap-foot> In the multivariable-adjusted analyses, the odds of incurring falls were higher in association with frail, compared with non-frail, status (OR: 2.39, 95% CI 1.22 4.71, P = 0.01), and the interaction of age and frailty status (P = 0.46) was not significant.
Each CVD risk factor at baseline was described according to the frailty status (frail, pre-frail, and non-frail) at year 10 of follow-up using the χ test, Fisher's exact test or analysis of variance as appropriate.
We calculated the cumulative incidence of disability during follow-up according to baseline frailty status (frail, prefrail and robust) and corresponding to each frailty component (slowness, weakness, exhaustion, low activity and weight loss) with Kaplan-Meier curves.
Table 2 provides information on the participants' characteristics regarding frailty status (non-frail, pre-frail, and frail).
In regards to the prevalence of frailty, 43.9% of the participants were identified as pre-frail (intermediate frailty status).
