Prevalence and clinical impact of frailty in COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 164 - 12
• Main Authors: Wang, Lina, Zhang, Xiaolin, Liu, Xinmin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.05.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cross-Sectional Studies; Development and progression; Distribution; Dyspnea; Dyspnea - epidemiology; Frail elderly; Frailty; Frailty - epidemiology; Health aspects; Humans; Lung diseases; Lung diseases, Obstructive; Medical research; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Obstructive lung disease; Older people; Prevalence; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; Pulmonology; Quality of Life; Respiration; Respiratory function; Risk factors; Walking; China; meta-analysis; Frailty; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Prevalence; Mortality

Frailty has been increasingly identified as a risk factor of adverse outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The prevalence and impact of frailty on health outcomes in people with COPD require clarification. PubMed, Embase, The Cochrane Library and Web of Science (January 1, 2002,...