| Title |
Effects of frailty and chronic diseases on quality of life in Dutch community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Clinical Interventions in Aging, February 2018
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| DOI | 10.2147/cia.s156116 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Inge Renne, Robbert JJ Gobbens |
| Abstract |
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the associations between frailty and multimorbidity on the one hand and quality of life on the other in community-dwelling older people. A questionnaire was sent to all people aged 70 years and older belonging to a general practice in the Netherlands; 241 persons completed the questionnaire (response rate 47.5%). For determining multimorbidity, nine chronic diseases were examined by self-report. Frailty was assessed by the Tilburg Frailty Indicator, and quality of life was assessed by the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Older Adults Module. Multimorbidity, physical, psychological, as well as social frailty components were negatively associated with quality of life. Multimorbidity and all 15 frailty components together explained 11.6% and 36.5% of the variance of the score on quality of life, respectively. Health care professionals should focus their interventions on the physical, psychological, and social domains of human functioning. Interprofessional cooperation between health care professionals and welfare professionals seems necessary to be able to meet the needs of frail older people. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3 | 25% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 17% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Ireland | 1 | 8% |
| United States | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 4 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 135 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 20 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 11% |
| Researcher | 12 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 50 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 2% |
| Sports and Recreations | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 13 | 10% |
| Unknown | 59 | 44% |
Attention Score in Context
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#9
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