The association between frailty, care receipt and unmet need for care with the risk of hospital admissions.
Humans
Aged
Male
Female
Hospitalization
/ statistics & numerical data
Frailty
/ epidemiology
Middle Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Longitudinal Studies
Accidental Falls
/ statistics & numerical data
Frail Elderly
/ statistics & numerical data
Health Services Needs and Demand
/ statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2024
2024
Historique:
received:
09
02
2024
accepted:
25
06
2024
medline:
27
9
2024
pubmed:
27
9
2024
entrez:
27
9
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Frailty is characterised by a decline in physical, cognitive, energy, and health reserves and is linked to greater functional dependency and higher social care utilisation. However, the relationship between receiving care, or receiving insufficient care among older people with different frailty status and the risk of unplanned admission to hospital for any cause, or the risk of falls and fractures remains unclear. This study used information from 7,656 adults aged 60 and older participating in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) waves 6-8. Care status was assessed through received care and self-reported unmet care needs, while frailty was measured using a frailty index. Competing-risk regression analysis was used (with death as a potential competing risk), adjusted for demographic and socioeconomic confounders. Around a quarter of the participants received care, of which approximately 60% received low levels of care, while the rest had high levels of care. Older people who received low and high levels of care had a higher risk of unplanned admission independent of frailty status. Unmet need for care was not significantly associated with an increased risk of unplanned admission compared to those receiving no care. Older people in receipt of care had an increased risk of hospitalisation due to falls but not fractures, compared to those who received no care after adjustment for covariates, including frailty status. Care receipt increases the risk of hospitalisation substantially, suggesting this is a group worthy of prevention intervention focus.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Frailty is characterised by a decline in physical, cognitive, energy, and health reserves and is linked to greater functional dependency and higher social care utilisation. However, the relationship between receiving care, or receiving insufficient care among older people with different frailty status and the risk of unplanned admission to hospital for any cause, or the risk of falls and fractures remains unclear.
METHODS AND FINDINGS
RESULTS
This study used information from 7,656 adults aged 60 and older participating in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) waves 6-8. Care status was assessed through received care and self-reported unmet care needs, while frailty was measured using a frailty index. Competing-risk regression analysis was used (with death as a potential competing risk), adjusted for demographic and socioeconomic confounders. Around a quarter of the participants received care, of which approximately 60% received low levels of care, while the rest had high levels of care. Older people who received low and high levels of care had a higher risk of unplanned admission independent of frailty status. Unmet need for care was not significantly associated with an increased risk of unplanned admission compared to those receiving no care. Older people in receipt of care had an increased risk of hospitalisation due to falls but not fractures, compared to those who received no care after adjustment for covariates, including frailty status.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Care receipt increases the risk of hospitalisation substantially, suggesting this is a group worthy of prevention intervention focus.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39331671
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306858
pii: PONE-D-24-05107
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0306858Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2024 Maharani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.