TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying frailty risk profiles of home-dwelling older people
T2 - focus on sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics
AU - Dury, Sarah
AU - De Roeck, Ellen
AU - Duppen, Daan
AU - Fret, Bram
AU - Hoeyberghs, Lieve
AU - Lambotte, Deborah
AU - Van der Elst, Michael
AU - van der Vorst, Anne
AU - Schols, Jos
AU - Kempen, Gertrudis
AU - Zijlstra, G. A. Rixt
AU - De Lepeleire, Jan
AU - Schoenmakers, Birgitte
AU - Kardol, Tinie
AU - De Witte, Nico
AU - Verte, Dominique
AU - De Donder, Liesbeth
AU - De Deyn, Peter Paul
AU - Engelborghs, Sebastiaan
AU - Smetcoren, An-Sofie
AU - Dierckx, Eva
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Objectives: This paper investigates risk profiles of frailty among older people, as these are essential for detecting those individuals at risk for adverse outcomes and to undertake specific preventive actions. Frailty is not only a physical problem, but also refers to emotional, social, and environmental hazards.Methods: Using data generated from the Belgian Ageing Studies, a cross-sectional study (n = 28,049), we tested a multivariate regression model that included sociodemographic and socioeconomic indicators as well as four dimensions of frailty, for men and women separately.Results: The findings indicated that for both men and women, increased age, having no partner, having moved house in the previous 10years, having a lower educational level and having a lower household income are risk characteristics for frailty. Moreover, when looking at the different frailty domains, different risk profiles arose, and gender-specific risk characteristics were detected.Discussion: This paper elaborates on practical implications, and formulates a number of future research recommendations to tackle frailty in an aging society. The conclusion demonstrates the necessity for a thorough knowledge of risk profiles of frailty, as this will save both time and money and permit preventive actions to be more individually tailored.
AB - Objectives: This paper investigates risk profiles of frailty among older people, as these are essential for detecting those individuals at risk for adverse outcomes and to undertake specific preventive actions. Frailty is not only a physical problem, but also refers to emotional, social, and environmental hazards.Methods: Using data generated from the Belgian Ageing Studies, a cross-sectional study (n = 28,049), we tested a multivariate regression model that included sociodemographic and socioeconomic indicators as well as four dimensions of frailty, for men and women separately.Results: The findings indicated that for both men and women, increased age, having no partner, having moved house in the previous 10years, having a lower educational level and having a lower household income are risk characteristics for frailty. Moreover, when looking at the different frailty domains, different risk profiles arose, and gender-specific risk characteristics were detected.Discussion: This paper elaborates on practical implications, and formulates a number of future research recommendations to tackle frailty in an aging society. The conclusion demonstrates the necessity for a thorough knowledge of risk profiles of frailty, as this will save both time and money and permit preventive actions to be more individually tailored.
KW - Frail older adults
KW - frailty
KW - multiple linear regressions
KW - populations at risk
KW - risk factors
KW - DATA RESOURCE PROFILE
KW - AGING IN-PLACE
KW - ELDERLY-PEOPLE
KW - PRIMARY-CARE
KW - UNITED-KINGDOM
KW - HEALTH
KW - PREVALENCE
KW - ADULTS
KW - LIFE
KW - CONSENSUS
U2 - 10.1080/13607863.2016.1193120
DO - 10.1080/13607863.2016.1193120
M3 - Article
C2 - 27267783
SN - 1360-7863
VL - 21
SP - 1031
EP - 1039
JO - Aging & Mental Health
JF - Aging & Mental Health
IS - 10
ER -