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Higher frailty burden in older adults with chronic constipation

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Abstract
Background Despite constipation being a common clinical condition in older adults, the clinical relevance of constipation related to frailty is less studied. Hence, we aimed to investigate the association between chronic constipation (CC) and frailty in older adults. Methods This is a cross-sectional analysis of a population-based, prospective cohort study of 1278 community-dwelling older adults in South Korea. We used the Rome criteria to identify patients with irritable bowel syndrome with predominant constipation (IBS-C) and functional constipation (FC). We investigated whether participants consistent with the criteria for IBS-C and FC had CC. Frailty was assessed using the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) frailty phenotype. Results In the study population with a mean age of 75.3 +/- 6.3 years, 136 (10.7%) had CC. The participants with CC were older, had higher medication burdens, and had worse physical performances compared to those without CC (All P < .05). By association analysis, the prevalence of CC was associated with frailty by the CHS criteria (P < .001). The CHS frailty score was associated with the presence of CC by the univariate logistic regression analysis and the multivariate analysis adjusted for age, sex, and multimorbidity. Conclusions Frailty was associated with CC in community-dwelling older people, suggesting that constipation should be considered as an important geriatric syndrome in clinical practice concerning frail older adults.
Author(s)
임지혜박형철이혜연이은주이단비정희원장일영
Issued Date
2021
Type
Article
Keyword
AgingBowel motilityGeriatric assessments
DOI
10.1186/s12876-021-01684-x
URI
https://oak.ulsan.ac.kr/handle/2021.oak/7839
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Publisher
BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY
Location
영국
Language
영어
ISSN
1471-230X
Citation Volume
21
Citation Number
1
Citation Start Page
0
Citation End Page
0
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