The impact of frailty on the use of social services, medication and mortality risk: a cross-sectional study
We demonstrated that frailty negatively affects the use of Social Support Act services, the use of community nursing services, medication use, and mortality risk. This study is the first to demonstrate the impact of frailty on Social Support Act services and community nursing services in the Netherlands. Findings emphasize the importance of frailty prevention for older people and public health policy.
Authors
- Evelyn Finnema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2837-6144)
- Harriët Jager‐Wittenaar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3928-8075)
- Fons van der Lucht
- Nanda Kleinenberg-Talsma
- Wim P. Krijnen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2917-6600)
Institutions
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Hanze University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- Radboud University Medical Center (NL)
- Stenden University of Applied Sciences (NL)
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (NL)
- Dialyse Centrum Groningen (NL)
- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05441-z
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69