Department of Health and Rehabilitation sciences, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, 11942, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Physical Therapy Department, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
BMC Geriatr. 2021 Mar 17;21(1):185. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02142-9.
Prevalence of frailty has been previously established in different Western countries; however, the prevalence and the burden of in the aging populations of Saudi Arabia has not been examined. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of frailty, and associated factors among Saudi older population.
The study included a total of 486 community-dwelling elderly adults aged 60 years and over living in the Riyadh area. This study took place from August 2019 to June 2020. The prevalence of frailty was determined using the Fried's frailty phenotype. Association between sociodemographic features and clinical factors and frailty was estimated by Odds Ratio and confidence intervals (OR, IC 95%) using a multinomial logistic regression model.
The overall prevalence of pre-frailty and frailty were 47.3 and 21.4%, respectively. The following factors were associated with being frail: age (OR: 6.92; 95%CI 3.11-15.41); living alone (OR: 2.50; 95%CI: 1.12-5.59); had more chronic conditions (OR: 1.96; 95%CI: 1.16-3.30); and cognitive impairment (OR: 7.07; 95%CI: 3.92-12.74).
The Compared with other populations, the prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty in the Riyadh region of Saudi Arabia was high. The implications of frailty in this population should be discussed in future study.
衰弱在不同的西方国家已经有过研究，但是在沙特阿拉伯的老年人群中，衰弱的流行程度和负担还没有被研究过。因此，本研究旨在调查沙特老年人群中衰弱的流行程度和相关因素。
本研究共纳入了 486 名居住在利雅得地区的 60 岁及以上的社区老年人。本研究于 2019 年 8 月至 2020 年 6 月进行。使用 Fried 的衰弱表型来确定衰弱的流行程度。使用多项逻辑回归模型，通过比值比和置信区间（OR，95%CI）来估计社会人口学特征和临床因素与衰弱之间的关联。
总的来说，衰弱前期和衰弱的流行率分别为 47.3%和 21.4%。与衰弱相关的因素有：年龄（OR：6.92；95%CI 3.11-15.41）；独居（OR：2.50；95%CI：1.12-5.59）；有更多的慢性疾病（OR：1.96；95%CI：1.16-3.30）；和认知障碍（OR：7.07；95%CI：3.92-12.74）。
与其他人群相比，沙特阿拉伯利雅得地区的衰弱和衰弱前期的流行程度较高。在未来的研究中，应该讨论这一人群的衰弱的影响。
