Independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly.
<h4>Background</h4>The relationship between subjective cognitive decline and frailty, two components of the so-called reversible cognitive frailty, in the elderly remains unclear. This study aims to elucidate whether this association exists, independent of confounding factors such as nut...
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| author | Tsung-Jen Hsieh Hsing-Yi Chang I-Chien Wu Chu-Chih Chen Hui-Ju Tsai Yen-Feng Chiu Shu-Chun Chuang Chao A Hsiung Chih-Cheng Hsu |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>The relationship between subjective cognitive decline and frailty, two components of the so-called reversible cognitive frailty, in the elderly remains unclear. This study aims to elucidate whether this association exists, independent of confounding factors such as nutritional status, kidney function, inflammation, and insulin resistance.<h4>Methods</h4>2386 participants (≥ 65 years of age) selected from the Healthy Aging Longitudinal Study in Taiwan (HALST) study. Fried frailty phenotype was adopted to quantify frailty status. We classified cognitive status into two categories-subjective cognitive decline (SCD), and normal cognition-and used polytomous logistic regressions to investigate the associations between SCD and frailty.<h4>Results</h4>There were 188 (7.88%), 1228 (51.47%), and 970 (40.65%) participants with frailty, pre-frailty, and robustness, respectively. Compared to those with normal cognition, elders with SCD were more likely to have pre-frailty (odds ratio [OR]: 1.36, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.10-1.67, p = 0.004) or frailty (OR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.23-2.58, p = 0.002) after adjusting for age, gender, education level, comorbidity, nutritional status, kidney function, and biochemical-related factors.<h4>Conclusions</h4>A significant association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty was revealed in this study. Subjective cognitive decline was positively associated with pre-frailty or frailty even after adjusting for potential confounding factors. Our results can provide useful references in understanding mechanisms and developing suitable preventive strategies for the elderly with reversible cognitive frailty. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e19fc4cac79e46909e26775d7c5526df2025-08-20T02:45:50ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01138e020135110.1371/journal.pone.0201351Independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly.Tsung-Jen HsiehHsing-Yi ChangI-Chien WuChu-Chih ChenHui-Ju TsaiYen-Feng ChiuShu-Chun ChuangChao A HsiungChih-Cheng Hsu<h4>Background</h4>The relationship between subjective cognitive decline and frailty, two components of the so-called reversible cognitive frailty, in the elderly remains unclear. This study aims to elucidate whether this association exists, independent of confounding factors such as nutritional status, kidney function, inflammation, and insulin resistance.<h4>Methods</h4>2386 participants (≥ 65 years of age) selected from the Healthy Aging Longitudinal Study in Taiwan (HALST) study. Fried frailty phenotype was adopted to quantify frailty status. We classified cognitive status into two categories-subjective cognitive decline (SCD), and normal cognition-and used polytomous logistic regressions to investigate the associations between SCD and frailty.<h4>Results</h4>There were 188 (7.88%), 1228 (51.47%), and 970 (40.65%) participants with frailty, pre-frailty, and robustness, respectively. Compared to those with normal cognition, elders with SCD were more likely to have pre-frailty (odds ratio [OR]: 1.36, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.10-1.67, p = 0.004) or frailty (OR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.23-2.58, p = 0.002) after adjusting for age, gender, education level, comorbidity, nutritional status, kidney function, and biochemical-related factors.<h4>Conclusions</h4>A significant association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty was revealed in this study. Subjective cognitive decline was positively associated with pre-frailty or frailty even after adjusting for potential confounding factors. Our results can provide useful references in understanding mechanisms and developing suitable preventive strategies for the elderly with reversible cognitive frailty.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201351&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Tsung-Jen Hsieh Hsing-Yi Chang I-Chien Wu Chu-Chih Chen Hui-Ju Tsai Yen-Feng Chiu Shu-Chun Chuang Chao A Hsiung Chih-Cheng Hsu Independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly. PLoS ONE |
| title | Independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly. |
| title_full | Independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly. |
| title_fullStr | Independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly. |
| title_short | Independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly. |
| title_sort | independent association between subjective cognitive decline and frailty in the elderly |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201351&type=printable |
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