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Association between employee benefits and frailty in community‐dwelling older adults
Author(s) -
AvilaFunes José Alberto,
PaniaguaSantos Diana Leticia,
EscobarRivera Vicente,
NavarreteReyes Ana Patricia,
AguilarNavarro Sara,
Amieva Hélène
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
geriatrics and gerontology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1447-0594
pISSN - 1444-1586
DOI - 10.1111/ggi.12523
Subject(s) - medicine , multinomial logistic regression , gerontology , psychosocial , logistic regression , confounding , environmental health , demography , psychiatry , pathology , machine learning , sociology , computer science
Aim The phenotype of frailty has been associated with an increased vulnerability for the development of adverse health‐related outcomes. The origin of frailty is multifactorial and financial issues could be implicated, as they have been associated with health status, well‐being and mortality. However, the association between economic benefits and frailty has been poorly explored. Therefore, the objective was to determine the association between employee benefits and frailty. Methods A cross‐sectional study of 927 community‐dwelling older adults aged 70 years and older participating in the M exican S tudy of N utritional and P sychosocial M arkers of F railty was carried out. Employee benefits were established according to eight characteristics: bonus, profit sharing, pension, health insurance, food stamps, housing credit, life insurance, and C hristmas bonus. Frailty was defined according to a slightly modified version of the phenotype proposed by F ried et al . Multinomial logistic regression models were run to determine the association between employee benefits and frailty adjusting by sociodemographic and health covariates. Results The prevalence of frailty was 14.1%, and 4.4% of participants rated their health status as “poor.” Multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that employee benefits were statistically and independently associated with the frail subgroup ( OR 0.85; 95% CI 0.74–0.98; P = 0.027) even after adjusting for potential confounders. Conclusions Fewer employee benefits are associated with frailty. Supporting spreading employee benefits for older people could have a positive impact on the development of frailty and its consequences. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2016; 16: 606–611.