Prevalence of frailty syndrome and its associated factors among community-dwelling elderly in East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Mohd Hamidin, Fairus Asma
Adznam, Siti Nur’Asyura
Ibrahim, Zuriati
Chan, Yoke Mun
Abdul Aziz, Nur Hafizah

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Publication date

January 2018

DOI

10.1177/2050312118775581

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Abstract

Objective: Frailty is a clinical syndrome with increased risk of poor health outcomes and particularly prevalent in older adults and community population. The study's aim was therefore to determine the prevalence of frailty and its association with sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics, health-related status, and anthropometric measurements among community-dwelling older adults. Methods: A total of 279 older adults aged 60 years and above were randomly selected. Respondents were classified as non-frail (<2 criteria) or frail (≥3 criteria) based on the 'phenotype of frailty'. A binary logistic regression was used to determine predictors of frailty. Results: The prevalence of frailty was 18.3%. The frail older adults were positiv...