Impact of transient and chronic loneliness on progression and reversion of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: four-year follow-up

• Published in: BMC geriatrics Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 642 - 7
• Main Authors: Chu, Bin-Lin, Zhang, Wen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 04.08.2022; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Aged; Alzheimer's disease; Chronic illnesses; COVID-19; Follow-Up Studies; Frail Elderly; Frailty; Frailty - diagnosis; Frailty - epidemiology; Geriatric psychiatry; Geriatrics; Humans; Independent Living; Loneliness; Longitudinal Studies; Middle Aged; Older adults; Older people; Personal health; Recovery (Medical); Variables; Walking; Loneliness; Frailty; Older adults

Frailty is a common condition in older adults that is characterized by transitions between frailty states in both directions (progression and reversion) over time. Loneliness has been reported to be associated with the incidence of frailty, but few studies have explored the impact of persistent lone...