Prevalence of frailty in rural community-dwelling older adults in Kegalle district of Sri Lanka: a population-based cross-sectional study.

Siriwardhana, D.D.; Weerasinghe, M.C.; Rait, G.; Falcaro, M.; Scholes, S.; Walters, K. R.

dc.contributor.author	Siriwardhana, D.D.
dc.contributor.author	Weerasinghe, M.C.
dc.contributor.author	Rait, G.
dc.contributor.author	Falcaro, M.
dc.contributor.author	Scholes, S.
dc.contributor.author	Walters, K. R.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-25T04:27:44Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-25T04:27:44Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.citation	BMJ Open. 2019;9(1):e026314	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2044-6055 (Electronic)
dc.identifier.uri	http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/19998
dc.description	Indexed in Medline	en_US
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVE:Our main objective was to describe the prevalence and associated sociodemographic factors of frailty and pre-frailty in rural community-dwelling older adults in Kegalle district of Sri Lanka.DESIGN:Community-based cross-sectional study. SETTING: The study was conducted in rural areas of Kegalle district in Sri Lanka. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 746 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years were included in the study. RESULTS: The prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty in rural Kegalle district was 15.2% (95% CI 12.3% to 18.6%) and 48.5% (95% CI 43.8% to 53.2%), respectively. We found a strong association between age and both frailty and pre-frailty. There were strong associations between longest-held occupation and frailty and education level and pre-frailty. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of frailty in this rural Sri Lankan older population was high compared with high-income and upper middle-income countries. The profile of health and social care services in Sri Lanka needs to address frailty and its consequences	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	BMJ Publishing Group Ltd	en_US
dc.subject	Epidemiology	en_US
dc.title	Prevalence of frailty in rural community-dwelling older adults in Kegalle district of Sri Lanka: a population-based cross-sectional study.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US