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A Study of Frailty, Mortality, and Health Depreciation Factors in Older Adults

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  • Jwu-Rong Lin

    (Department of International Business, Tung Hai University, No.1727, Sec.4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung 40704, Taiwan)

  • Erin Hui-Chuan Kao

    (Department of International Business, Tung Hai University, No.1727, Sec.4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung 40704, Taiwan)

  • Shuo-Chun Weng

    (Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, No. 155, Section 2, Linong St, Beitou District, Taipei City 112, Taiwan
    Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, No. 1650, Section 4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung 40705, Taiwan)

  • Ellen Rouyer

    (Department of International Business, Tung Hai University, No.1727, Sec.4, Taiwan Boulevard, Xitun District, Taichung 40704, Taiwan)

Abstract

This study used 23 factors (eight interval variables and 15 dummy variables) as proxies for health depreciation. We used 1248 older adults from the Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology of Taichung Veterans General Hospital (Taiwan) to examine the association among frailty, health depreciation, and mortality in older adults. This study found that a significant positive correlation existed between frailty and mortality in older adults. Further, we applied a recursive bivariate probit model to examine the association between health depreciation factors, frailty, and mortality. Our results showed that health depreciation factors, such as Charlson’s comorbidity index, diabetes and hyperlipidemia, significantly increased older adults’ frailty; in contrast, albumin and mini nutritional assessment significantly decreased older adults’ frailty. Through the frailty regression, we confirmed not only that health depreciation factors significantly influenced mortality, but also that creatinine, myocardial infarction, and malignant tumors could directly and significantly increase older adults’ mortality.

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  • Jwu-Rong Lin & Erin Hui-Chuan Kao & Shuo-Chun Weng & Ellen Rouyer, 2019. "A Study of Frailty, Mortality, and Health Depreciation Factors in Older Adults," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2019:i:1:p:211-:d:302634
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