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ArticleHealth care science2024

Socioeconomic support, quality of life, and prognosis of frailty among the older adults.

Huai-Yu Wang, Yuming Huang, Meng-Ru Zhou, Hao-Yue Jiang, Yu-Han Zong, Xi-Huan Zhu, Xiaojing Sun

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Article in Health care science, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors.

Huai-Yu WangNational Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine Constitution and Preventive Treatment of Diseases Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing China.ORCID 0000-0002-9093-8793
Yuming HuangNephrology Department First Affiliated Hospital of Youjiang Medical College for Nationalities Baise China.
Meng-Ru ZhouCollege of Chinese Medicine Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing China.
Hao-Yue JiangInstitute of Basic Theory for Chinese Medicine China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Beijing China.
Yu-Han ZongThe Second School of Clinical Medicine Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Guangzhou China.
Xi-Huan ZhuQi-huang Chinese Medicine School Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Beijing China.
Xiaojing SunRenal Division, Department of Medicine, Peking University First Hospital Peking University Institute of Nephrology Beijing China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Although socioeconomic support is recommended for frailty management, its association with the prognosis of frailty is unclear. Methods: Using data from participants aged ≥65 years in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (2008-2018), the associations between socioeconomic support (source of income, medical insurance, community support, living status), onset of prefrailty/frailty, and worsening of prefrailty, were analyzed using multinominal logistic regression models. The associations between self-reported low quality of life (QoL) and reversion of prefrailty/frailty were analyzed using multivariate logistic regression models. Associations with mortality risk were analyzed using Cox proportional hazard regression models. Results: A total of 13,859 participants (mean age: 85.8 ± 11.1 years) containing 2056 centenarians were included. Financial dependence was a risk factor for low QoL among prefrail/frail individuals, but not among robust individuals. Having commercial or other insurance, and receiving social support from the community were protective factors for low QoL among prefrail/frail individuals and for the worsening of prefrailty. Continuing to work was a risk factor for low QoL, but a protective factor for worsening of prefrailty. A negative association between continuing to work and mortality existed in prefrail individuals aged <85 years and ≥85 years. Living alone was a risk factor for low QoL, but was not significantly associated with frailty prognosis. Conclusions: Prefrail and frail individuals were vulnerable to changes in socioeconomic support and more sensitive to it compared with robust individuals. Preferential policies regarding financial support, social support, and medical insurance should be developed for individuals with frailty.

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community supportdelayed retirementfinancial dependencelife satisfactionprogression of frailty

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PMID38939613
PMCPMC11080858

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