Frailty in people with COPD, using the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey dataset (2003-2006)

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• 作者：Soo Kyung Park ; PhD ; RN^a ; ^{sookyung.park7@gmail.com} ; Caroline R. Richardson ; MD^b ; ^c ; Robert G. Holleman ; MPH^b ; ^c ; Janet L. Larson ; PhD ; RN^d
• 关键词：Accelerometer ; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ; Frailty ; NHANES ; Older people
• 刊名：Heart Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：May-June, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：42
• 期：3
• 页码：163-170
• 全文大小：232 K

文摘

Background

Little is known about frailty in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purposes of this study were to describe frailty, to identify, which demographic and clinical characteristics contributed to frailty, and to examine the relationship between frailty and health-related outcomes in people with COPD.

Methods

This was a secondary cross-sectional study, using data from the National Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey. The frailty index and outcome measures were derived primarily from survey responses.

Results

The prevalence of frailty was 57.8 % . Multivariate logistic regression showed that individuals with COPD who had self-reported shortness of breath and comorbid diabetes were more likely to be frail than those who did not. Frail people tended to have a greater number of disabilities.

Conclusions

The findings support the importance of frailty in the COPD population. Further study is needed to understand frailty in people with COPD, using objective measures for criteria of frailty.