ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Psychology of Aging
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1563493
This article is part of the Research TopicAging and WorkView all 10 articles
Association between multidimensional frailty and quality of life in older adults with coronary heart disease: a cross-sectional study
Provisionally accepted
- 1Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China
- 2Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
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Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between multidimensional frailty and quality of life among older adults with coronary heart disease who are hospitalized.A convenience sampling approach was employed to select older adults with coronary heart disease admitted to the Cardiology Department of a tertiary hospital in Wuxi City between September 2023 and June 2024. The study utilized the General Information Questionnaire, the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), and the SF-12 Scale to gather data. To examine the relationship between multidimensional frailty and quality of life, Spearman correlation analysis was conducted.Additionally, stratified regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with quality of life.Results: Among 254 older adults with coronary heart disease, 135 (53.15%) exhibited multidimensional frailty. The physical health score of frail older patients with coronary heart disease (36.62±6.51) was found to be lower than that of their non-frail counterparts (42.88±6.91). A negative correlation was observed between multidimensional frailty and quality of life, encompassing both physical and mental health aspects (r=-0.513, -0.428, p < 0.01). Further analysis using stratified regression revealed that multidimensional frailty independently accounted for 9.1% and 11.3% of the variance in quality of life (physical health and mental health, respectively) among older adults with coronary heart disease Conclusion: Older adults with coronary heart disease often experience widespread frailty, which is linked to their quality of life. The presence of multifaceted weakness serves as a crucial indicator of life quality in these individuals.
Keywords: multidimensional, Frailty, Quality of Life, older adults, coronary heart disease
Received: 20 Jan 2025; Accepted: 17 Apr 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Mei, Meng, Hu, Wang and Yang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Xiaoyan Wang, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China
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