Thompson Mark Q, Theou Olga, Karnon Jonathon, Adams Robert J, Visvanathan Renuka
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence: Frailty and Healthy Ageing, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Australas J Ageing. 2018 Jun;37(2):155-158. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12483. Epub 2018 Jan 5.
To examine frailty prevalence in Australian older adults.
Frailty was measured using a modified Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP) in a combined cohort of 8804 Australian adults aged ≥65 years (female 86%, median age 80 (79-82) years) from the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing Project and the North West Adelaide Health Study.
Using the FFP, 21% of participants were frail while a further 48% were prefrail. Chi-squared testing of frailty among four age groups (65-69, 70-74, 75-79 and 80-84 years) for sex, and marital status revealed that frailty was significantly higher for women (approximately double that of men), increased significantly with advancing age for both sexes, and was significantly higher for women who were widowed, divorced or never married.
If frailty could be prevented or reversed, it would have an impact on a larger number of older people.
研究澳大利亚老年人的衰弱患病率。
在“优化衰老动态分析项目”和“西北阿德莱德健康研究”中，对8804名年龄≥65岁的澳大利亚成年人（女性占86%，中位年龄80（79 - 82）岁）的合并队列，使用改良的弗里德衰弱表型（FFP）来测量衰弱情况。
采用FFP，21%的参与者为衰弱状态，另有48%为衰弱前期。对四个年龄组（65 - 69岁、70 - 74岁、75 - 79岁和80 - 84岁）的性别和婚姻状况进行衰弱情况的卡方检验，结果显示女性的衰弱率显著更高（约为男性的两倍），两性的衰弱率均随年龄增长而显著增加，丧偶、离异或未婚女性的衰弱率显著更高。
如果能够预防或逆转衰弱，将会对更多老年人产生影响。
