Asiamah, Nestor, Danquah, Emelia, Vieira, Edgar Ramos, Hjorth, Peter, Arthur‑Mensah, Reginald, Agyemang, Simon Mawulorm, Khan, Hafiz T.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1817-3730, Yarfi, Cosmos and Muhonja, Faith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1817-3730 (2024) Association of frailty with functional difficulty in older Ghanaians: stability between women and men in two samples with different income levels. BMC Geriatrics, 24 (952). ISSN 1471-2318

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Abstract

Abstract
Background Research to date suggests that frailty is higher in women and is associated with functional difficulty.
This study builds on the evidence by examining the association between frailty and functional difficulty between lowand
higher-income groups and between older men and women in these income groups.
Methods This study adopted a cross-sectional design that complied with the STROBE checklist and included steps
against confounding and common methods bias. The population was community-dwelling older adults aged
50 years or older in two urban neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana. Participants were either in the low-income group
in a low socioeconomic neighbourhood (n = 704) or the higher-income group in a high socioeconomic neighbourhood
(n = 510). The minimum sample necessary was calculated, and the hierarchical linear regression analysis was utilised
to analyse the data.
Results Frailty was positively associated with functional difficulty in the low- and higher-income samples, but this
association

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1186/s12877-024-05534-9
Subjects:	Medicine and health
Depositing User:	Hafiz T.A. Khan
Date Deposited:	21 Nov 2024 11:15
Last Modified:	02 Dec 2024 16:15
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/12905

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