Objectives: To determine whether the interaction between frailty status and depression risk is associated with hospitalization density in older adults.
Methods: Ongoing cohort study in 794 subjects aged over 70 years from Albacete (Spain). Data were collected on depression risk, frailty, hospitalizations, and covariates. Participants were categorized into six groups.
Results: Adjusted hospitalization risk was higher for groups of prefrail/-non depression risk (HR 1.48; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.16-1.89), prefrail/depression risk (HR 1.73; 95% CI 1.29-2.30), frail/non depression risk (HR 1.79; 95% CI 1.22-2.62), and frail/depression risk (HR 2.12; 95% CI 1.49-3.02), compared with robust/non depression risk group (p<0.01). Frail and prefrail groups presented increased hospitalization density in the first four follow-up years.
Conclusions: Depression risk changes the yearly probabilities of hospitalization in prefrail and frail groups, increasing them in the first years. Depression risk should be monitored in prefrail and frail older adults as an independent risk factor for hospitalization.
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