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Exploring the Relationship between Frailty, Functional Status, Polypharmacy, and Quality of Life in Elderly and Middle-Aged Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: A One-Year Follow-Up Study

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  • Elisabeta Ioana Hiriscau

    (Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, 400349 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Clinical Municipal Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

  • Elena-Cristina Buzdugan

    (Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Cardiology Unit, University Clinical Municipal Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

  • Ligia-Ancuta Hui

    (Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    University Clinical Municipal Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

  • Constantin Bodolea

    (Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, University Clinical Municipal Hospital, 400139 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

Abstract

The association between frailty, disability in activities of daily living (ADL), polypharmacy, and quality of life (QoL) in middle-aged patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) is little investigated. This study sought (a) to explore this association comparatively in elderly and middle-aged hospitalized patients with CVD and (b) to determine which domains of ADL and QoL might improve the frailty prediction. A one-year follow-up study including 90 elderly (≥65 years old) and 89 middle-aged patients (40–65 years old) was conducted. At baseline, frailty assessment was performed based on the Fried criteria; Barthel Index (BI) and Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) were used for ADL, and European Quality of Life-5 dimensions (EQ-5D) for QoL. At follow-up, data were collected via telephone. At baseline, 79 patients (51 elderly and 28 middle-aged) were frail. The CVD frail patients showed functional dependency and a poor QoL compared to the non-frail ( p < 0.001) and within each subgroup at follow-up. Mobility was found to predict frailty in both elderly (OR = 2.34) (C.I. (1.03–5.29)) and middle-aged patients (OR = 2.58) (C.I. (1.15–5.78)). The ADL assessment and self-reported QoL may help to identify an aggravation or an advanced frailty condition in hospitalized elderly and middle-aged CVD patients.

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  • Elisabeta Ioana Hiriscau & Elena-Cristina Buzdugan & Ligia-Ancuta Hui & Constantin Bodolea, 2022. "Exploring the Relationship between Frailty, Functional Status, Polypharmacy, and Quality of Life in Elderly and Middle-Aged Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases: A One-Year Follow-Up Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(4), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:4:p:2286-:d:751577
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