Prevalence of frailty in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and association with health-related quality of life, cognition and sarcopenia.
Sebastian Eduardo SattuiDeanna Jannat-KhahLindsay LallySarah B LieberLisa A MandlRobert F SpieraPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2022)
In this cohort of PMR patients, there was a higher prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty compared with that reported in community-dwelling elderly. Frailty was associated with worse physical function, and increased pain behaviour and pain interference, differences that were also clinically meaningful. Larger prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings and analyse the association of frailty with other PMR disease outcomes.
Keyphrases
- community dwelling
- chronic pain
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- pain management
- neuropathic pain
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- mild cognitive impairment
- peritoneal dialysis
- spinal cord injury
- spinal cord
- metabolic syndrome
- adipose tissue
- multiple sclerosis
- insulin resistance
- patient reported outcomes
- postoperative pain
- patient reported