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“Ageism” Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study
Ageism is a stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination against people, based on age. Ageism may impact the quality of life and the care of older people, a problem that can be greater when the older person is “frail.” However, few studies explored the role of frailty as a factor related to ageism. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8894609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35252221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.734636 |
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author | Zora, Sabrina Cella, Alberto Poli, Stefano Veronese, Nicola Zini, Elena Giannoni, Paola Pandolfini, Valeria Torrigiani, Claudio Pilotto, Alberto |
author_facet | Zora, Sabrina Cella, Alberto Poli, Stefano Veronese, Nicola Zini, Elena Giannoni, Paola Pandolfini, Valeria Torrigiani, Claudio Pilotto, Alberto |
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description | Ageism is a stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination against people, based on age. Ageism may impact the quality of life and the care of older people, a problem that can be greater when the older person is “frail.” However, few studies explored the role of frailty as a factor related to ageism. The aim of this study was to assess the association between perceived age discrimination (PAD), i.e., ageism, and multidimensional frailty in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults. We enrolled 1,337 community-dwelling subjects over-65 years that filled out a structured questionnaire to collect psycho-socio-economic and behavioral information. Multidimensional frailty was assessed by the SELFY-Multidimensional Prognostic Index Short-Form (SELFY-MPI-SF). PAD, over the past 5 years, was assessed based on explicit criteria. Overall, 83 out of 1,337 participants (6.2%) reported PAD. These subjects were older, more frequently women, with greater economic difficulties, lower level of cultural fruition, social network and psychological well-being, and a greater degree of frailty compared to their counterparts. After adjustment for age and gender, multidimensional frailty (SELFY-MPI-SF score) and negative affectivity were the two only “predictors” significantly associated with PAD (SELFY -MPI-SF, Odds Ratio: 1.19, 95%CI: 1.029–1.370; PANAS negative: Odds Ratio: 1.06, 95%CI: 1.033–1.099). In conclusion, self-reported frailty and negative affectivity are independently associated with PAD in community-dwelling older people. Interventions to prevent and treat frailty could be useful to reduce ageism and improve the well-being of the older people. |
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spelling | pubmed-88946092022-03-05 “Ageism” Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study Zora, Sabrina Cella, Alberto Poli, Stefano Veronese, Nicola Zini, Elena Giannoni, Paola Pandolfini, Valeria Torrigiani, Claudio Pilotto, Alberto Front Med (Lausanne) Medicine Ageism is a stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination against people, based on age. Ageism may impact the quality of life and the care of older people, a problem that can be greater when the older person is “frail.” However, few studies explored the role of frailty as a factor related to ageism. The aim of this study was to assess the association between perceived age discrimination (PAD), i.e., ageism, and multidimensional frailty in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults. We enrolled 1,337 community-dwelling subjects over-65 years that filled out a structured questionnaire to collect psycho-socio-economic and behavioral information. Multidimensional frailty was assessed by the SELFY-Multidimensional Prognostic Index Short-Form (SELFY-MPI-SF). PAD, over the past 5 years, was assessed based on explicit criteria. Overall, 83 out of 1,337 participants (6.2%) reported PAD. These subjects were older, more frequently women, with greater economic difficulties, lower level of cultural fruition, social network and psychological well-being, and a greater degree of frailty compared to their counterparts. After adjustment for age and gender, multidimensional frailty (SELFY-MPI-SF score) and negative affectivity were the two only “predictors” significantly associated with PAD (SELFY -MPI-SF, Odds Ratio: 1.19, 95%CI: 1.029–1.370; PANAS negative: Odds Ratio: 1.06, 95%CI: 1.033–1.099). In conclusion, self-reported frailty and negative affectivity are independently associated with PAD in community-dwelling older people. Interventions to prevent and treat frailty could be useful to reduce ageism and improve the well-being of the older people. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8894609/ /pubmed/35252221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.734636 Text en Copyright © 2022 Zora, Cella, Poli, Veronese, Zini, Giannoni, Pandolfini, Torrigiani and Pilotto. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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) and the copyright owner(s) 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. |
spellingShingle | Medicine Zora, Sabrina Cella, Alberto Poli, Stefano Veronese, Nicola Zini, Elena Giannoni, Paola Pandolfini, Valeria Torrigiani, Claudio Pilotto, Alberto “Ageism” Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study |
title | “Ageism” Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study |
title_full | “Ageism” Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study |
title_fullStr | “Ageism” Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study |
title_full_unstemmed | “Ageism” Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study |
title_short | “Ageism” Is Associated With Self-Reported Multidimensional Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Subjects: A Population-Based Study |
title_sort | “ageism” is associated with self-reported multidimensional frailty in community-dwelling older subjects: a population-based study |
topic | Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8894609/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35252221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.734636 |
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