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KMID : 0828520120160040175
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Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
2012 Volume.16 No. 4 p.175 ~ p.183
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The Relationship between Frailty and Health-Related Quality of Life among Korean Elderly
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Jeon Gyeong-Suk
Park Soo-Jin
Jang Soong-Nang
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Abstract
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Background: Verifying the effect of frailty on health-related quality of life may help us better understand the impact of frailty. The present study explored the relationship between frailty and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling Korean elderly.
Methods: Older adults aged 65 years or older recruited by judgment sampling of the population of Seocho-gu in Seoul were surveyed in 2011. The Korean frailty index measure developed by the Korean Geriatric Society was used as the out- come variable. Proportional odds model was used to evaluate the relationship between health-related quality of life(HRQoL) and frailty.
Results: We found that, after adjusting for sociodemographic covariates, being prefrail or frail significantly increased the proportional odds for lowering health-related quality of life than being nonfrail. In addition, of the five components of health- related quality of life, the magnitude of the adverse effects of frailty on HRQoL was largest for pain/discomfort, with anxiety/depression being the second largest.
Conclusion: Compared to persons who are not frail, older Korean individuals identified as frail and prefrail exhibit signifi- cantly lower HRQoL scores. This association between Korean frailty measures and the generic measure of the HRQoL may offer new information to better understand frailty within its broader context.
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KEYWORD
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Frailty, Quality of life, Elderly
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