Mustaffa, Musastika and Hairi, Noran Naqiah and Majid, Hazreen Abdul and Choo, Wan Yuen and Hairi, Farizah Mohd and Peramalah, Devi and Kandiben, Shathanapriya and Ali, Zainudin Mohd and Razak, Inayah Abdul and Ismail, Norliana and Sooryanarayana, Rajini and Ahmad, Nur Sakinah and Bulgiba, Awang (2024) Prevalence of Co-Occurrence of Physical Frailty and Malnutrition and Its Associated Factors Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in a Rural District, Malaysia. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 36 (2-3). pp. 210-218. ISSN 1010-5395, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/10105395241238092.
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Frailty and malnutrition commonly co-occur but remains undetected and untreated in community settings. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of co-occurring frailty and malnutrition, and its associated factors among community-dwelling older adults in a rural setting in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was conducted among adults aged >= 60 residing in Kuala Pilah district, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Physical frailty and nutritional status were assessed using the Fried phenotype and the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), respectively. Among 1855 participants, 6.4% had co-occurring frailty and at-risk/malnutrition and 11.3% had co-occurring prefrailty and at-risk/malnutrition. Older age, fair-to-poor self-rated health, long-term disease, polypharmacy, activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADLs' disabilities, cognitive impairment, and poor social support were associated with higher odds of co-occurring frailty and malnutrition. Therefore, beside early identification, targeted intervention is crucial to prevent or delay the progression of frailty and malnutrition in this population.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Higher Education High Impact Research STeMM grant (E000010-20001), University of Malaya Grant Challenge (PEACE) (GC001A-14HTM); (GC001D-14HTM) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | frailty; malnutrition; older adults; prevalence; rural |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Sport Medicine Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2025 07:13 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Jan 2025 07:13 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/47018 |
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