Frailty and prescriptions of secondary prevention medications in older people with diabetes and coronary heart disease—An observational study in Vietnam
Frailty was common among older Vietnamese patients with CHD and diabetes, and significantly affected the prescription of secondary prevention medicines. Future research should explore the link between frailty and secondary prevention medicines in a larger, more diverse population.
Authors
- Christopher Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8769-6877)
- Wei Jin Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6448-5375)
- Katie Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2444-2869)
- Tan Van Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0234-6596)
- Tu Ngoc Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8836-8920)
- Irum Farooq
- Kit Mun Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1611-3109)
- Ying Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-7568)
- Mark Woodward
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (GB)
- University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City (VN)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Malaya (MY)
- Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology - Ho Chi Minh City (VN)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australasian Journal on Ageing
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.70045
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.45
Funders
- University of Sydney