Journal
AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING
Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 255-261Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/ajag.12310
Keywords
frailty; geriatric syndrome; older men; prevalence
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- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) [301916]
- Ageing and Alzheimers Institute
- Sydney Medical School Foundation
- Geoff and Elaine Penny Aging Research Unit
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AimTo describe the age at which the geriatric syndromes and frailty become common in community-dwelling men. MethodsThe Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project involves a population-based sample of 1705 community-dwelling men aged 70 and over from a defined geographic region in Sydney. Data were obtained by physical performance tests, clinical examinations, and questionnaire to determine the prevalence of the following conditions by five-year age group. ResultsPoor mobility, recurrent falls, urinary incontinence, dementia and frailty phenotype were all uncommon (less than 10%) in men in their 70s, but the prevalence of each of these conditions exceeded 10% in men aged 85-89. The prevalence of Frailty Index-defined frailty, multimorbidity, polypharmacy and instrumental activities of daily living dependence was constantly high in all age groups. ConclusionsThe different health-care needs of the old old' aged 85 years and older should be accounted for in health service planning.
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