ERIC Number: EJ1336413
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Publication Date: 2022
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Short-Term Changes of Frailty in Prematurely Aging Adults with Intellectual Disability
Lin, Shu-Yuan; Tseng, Hui-Chen
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, v60 n1 p57-65 Feb 2022
The purpose of this study was to investigate short-term changes of frailty in adults and identify predictors of frailty and disability changes between baseline and the follow-up. A cohort study was conducted in 85 adults with intellectual disability (ID) in southern Taiwan. Variables of frailty phenotype, Barthel Index, fall, comorbidity, and hospitalization were measured at baseline and at a 9-month follow-up. Descriptive statistics, correlations, and generalized linear model technique were used for data analysis. The percentages of frailty and pre-frail conditions were high at baseline. Improvement or deterioration on frailty was noticed in 37.6% of participants. Disability and comorbidity were significant predictors to changes in frailty, and severity of ID and frailty conditions were significant predictors to changes in disability.
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Adults, Intellectual Disability, Predictor Variables, Foreign Countries, Comorbidity
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. P.O. Box 1897, Lawrence, KS 66044-1897. Tel: 785-843-1235; Fax: 785-843-1274; e-mail: AJMR@allenpress.com; Web site: https://meridian.allenpress.com/aaidd
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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