Citation

Noguchi N, Blyth FM, Waite LM, Naganathan V, Cumming RG, Handelsman DJ, Seibel MJ, Le Couteur DG. Australas. J. Ageing 2016; 35(4): 255-261.

Affiliation

ANZAC Research Institute, Concord Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Australian Council on the Ageing, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/ajag.12310

PMID

26970062

Abstract

AIM: To describe the age at which the geriatric syndromes and frailty become common in community-dwelling men.

METHODS: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project involves a population-based sample of 1705 community-dwelling men aged 70 and over from a defined geographic region in Sydney. Data were obtained by physical performance tests, clinical examinations, and questionnaire to determine the prevalence of the following conditions by five-year age group.

RESULTS: Poor mobility, recurrent falls, urinary incontinence, dementia and frailty phenotype were all uncommon (less than 10%) in men in their 70s, but the prevalence of each of these conditions exceeded 10% in men aged 85-89. The prevalence of Frailty Index-defined frailty, multimorbidity, polypharmacy and instrumental activities of daily living dependence was constantly high in all age groups.

CONCLUSIONS: The different health-care needs of the 'old old' aged 85 years and older should be accounted for in health service planning.

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