Open AccessStudying the relationship between cognitive impairment and frailty phenotype: a cross-sectional analysis of the Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) program
Author(s) -
Farshad Sharifi,
Mahtab Alizadeh Khoiee,
Reihane Aminroaya,
Mahbube Ebrahimpur,
Gita Shafiee,
Ramin Heshmat,
Moloud Payab,
Zhaleh Shadman,
Hossein Fakhrzadeh,
Seyed Masoud Arzaghi,
Neda Mehrdad,
Afshin Ostovar,
Ali Sheidaei,
Noushin Fahimfar,
Iraj Nabipour,
Bagher Larijani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2251-6581
DOI - 10.1007/s40200-021-00847-7
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , activities of daily living , cognition , cross sectional study , odds ratio , logistic regression , depression (economics) , verbal fluency test , physical therapy , neuropsychology , psychiatry , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Some pathophysiological effects of physical frailty and cognitive impairment might be similar; therefore, finding the associations in epidemiologic studies could guide clinicians and researchers to recognize effective strategies for each type of frailty such as frailty phenotype and frailty index, which in turn will result in a preventive approach. The study aimed to reveal which components of frailty phenotype are more associated with cognitive impairment. The findings of this study may help other researchers clarify the related pathways.