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- Frailty is prevalent among cardiac patients, yet data on frailty in those with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is scarce; this study aimed to identify its prevalence and related factors in sedentary adults with PAD.
- Out of 106 participants, 34.9% were classified as robust/non-frail, 53.8% as pre-frail, and 2.8% as frail, with exhaustion being the most common frailty characteristic at 33.3%.
- The study found that pre-frail individuals exhibited correlations between ankle brachial index and reduced gait speed, highlighting important frailty marker groupings and their implications for PAD patients.
Article Abstract
Frailty is common among cardiac patients; however, frailty assessment data from patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) are limited. The purpose of this observational study was to identify the prevalence and factors related to frailty in addition to unique frailty marker groupings in a cohort of sedentary adults with PAD. We grouped three PAD-relevant frailty characteristics using Fried's frailty phenotype -1) exhaustion, (2) weakness, and (3) slowness-and observed the prevalence of pre-frailty (1-2 characteristics) and frailty (3 characteristics) in the PAD cohort. Of the 106 participants, 34.9% were robust/non-frail, 53.8% were pre-frail, and 2.8% were frail. Exhaustion (33.3%) was the most occurring characteristic followed by weakness (20.0%) and slowness (5.0%). The grouping of weakness + slowness (10.0%) was the most prevalent followed by exhaustion + weakness (8.3%) and exhaustion + slowness (5.0%). Among pre-frail participants, ankle brachial index was correlated with a reduction in gait speed.
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