Abstract
In the present study, we explored the relationship between multimorbidity and frailty in a population of older individuals with cognitive disturbances attending a memory clinic. All subjects consecutively attending the Memory Clinic of the Department of Human Neuroscience, “Sapienza” University of Rome, between January 2017 and April 2018 for a first neurological evaluation were considered for the present analysis. Multimorbidity was defined as the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases in the same individual. A Frailty Index was computed by considering 44 age-related, multidimensional health deficits. Overall, 185 subjects were recruited in the study. A condition of multimorbidity was detected in 87.6% of the sample, whereas only the 44.6% of the study population was considered as frail. A poor agreement was observed between multimorbidity and frailty. The present findings confirm that counting diseases or health deficits may provide discordant information concerning the risk profile of older subjects.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Aging clinical and experimental research |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
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Keywords
- Aging
- Cognitive disorders
- Deficit accumulation
- Frailty
- Multimorbidity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ageing
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
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Counting deficits or diseases? The agreement between frailty and multimorbidity in subjects with cognitive disturbances. / Canevelli, Marco; Raganato, Riccardo; Remiddi, Francesca; Quarata, Federica; Valletta, Martina; Bruno, Giuseppe; Cesari, Matteo.
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T1 - Counting deficits or diseases? The agreement between frailty and multimorbidity in subjects with cognitive disturbances
AU - Canevelli, Marco
AU - Raganato, Riccardo
AU - Remiddi, Francesca
AU - Quarata, Federica
AU - Valletta, Martina
AU - Bruno, Giuseppe
AU - Cesari, Matteo
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - In the present study, we explored the relationship between multimorbidity and frailty in a population of older individuals with cognitive disturbances attending a memory clinic. All subjects consecutively attending the Memory Clinic of the Department of Human Neuroscience, “Sapienza” University of Rome, between January 2017 and April 2018 for a first neurological evaluation were considered for the present analysis. Multimorbidity was defined as the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases in the same individual. A Frailty Index was computed by considering 44 age-related, multidimensional health deficits. Overall, 185 subjects were recruited in the study. A condition of multimorbidity was detected in 87.6% of the sample, whereas only the 44.6% of the study population was considered as frail. A poor agreement was observed between multimorbidity and frailty. The present findings confirm that counting diseases or health deficits may provide discordant information concerning the risk profile of older subjects.
AB - In the present study, we explored the relationship between multimorbidity and frailty in a population of older individuals with cognitive disturbances attending a memory clinic. All subjects consecutively attending the Memory Clinic of the Department of Human Neuroscience, “Sapienza” University of Rome, between January 2017 and April 2018 for a first neurological evaluation were considered for the present analysis. Multimorbidity was defined as the simultaneous presence of two or more diseases in the same individual. A Frailty Index was computed by considering 44 age-related, multidimensional health deficits. Overall, 185 subjects were recruited in the study. A condition of multimorbidity was detected in 87.6% of the sample, whereas only the 44.6% of the study population was considered as frail. A poor agreement was observed between multimorbidity and frailty. The present findings confirm that counting diseases or health deficits may provide discordant information concerning the risk profile of older subjects.
KW - Aging
KW - Cognitive disorders
KW - Deficit accumulation
KW - Frailty
KW - Multimorbidity
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