The burden of non-disabled frailty and its associated factors among older adults in Bangladesh.

Autor: Mistry SK; ARCED Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.; School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.; Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Ali ARMM; ARCED Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Yadav UN; School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.; National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia., Ghimire S; Department of Sociology and Gerontology and Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, OH, United States of America., Anwar A; Rohingya Response Crisis, World Vision Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh., Huda MN; ARCED Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh.; Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia., Khanam F; Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Mahumud RA; NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia., Parray AA; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America., Bhattacharjee S; Biosecurity Program, The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia., Lim D; University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia., Harris MF; Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Nov 28; Vol. 18 (11), pp. e0294889. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 28 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294889
Abstrakt: Objective: The present study aims to measure the prevalence of non-disabled frailty and its associated factors among Bangladeshi older adults.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted during September and October 2021 among 1,045 Bangladeshi older adults (≥60 years). Telephone interviews, using a semi-structured questionnaire, were undertaken to collect data on participants' characteristics and level of frailty. The non-disabled frailty was measured using the 'Frail Non-Disabled (FiND)' questionnaire. A multinomial logistic regression model assessed the factors associated with frailty among the participants.
Results: Around a quarter of the participants (24.8%) were frail. The multinomial regression analysis showed that older participants aged ≥80 years (RRR = 3.23, 95% CI: 1.41-7.37) were more likely to be frail compared to participants aged 60-69 years. Likewise, the participants living in a large family with ≥4 members (RRR = 1.39, 95% CI: 1.01-1.92) were more likely to be frail compared to those living in smaller families. Also, participants having memory or concentration problems (RRR = 1.56, 95% CI: 1.12-2.17) were more likely to be frail compared to those who were not suffering from these problems. Moreover, participants whose family members were non-responsive to their day-to-day assistance (RRR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.06-2.03) were more likely to be frail compared to those whose family members were responsive. Furthermore, participants who were feeling lonely (RRR = 1.45, 95% CI: 1.07-1.98) were more likely to be frail than their counterparts who were not feeling lonely.
Conclusions: The findings of the present study suggest developing tailored interventions to address the burden of frailty among the older populations in Bangladesh. In particular, providing long-term care and health promotion activities can be of value in preventing frailty and reducing adverse health outcomes among this vulnerable population group.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Mistry et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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