Prevalence and prognostic impact of physical frailty in interstitial lung disease: A prospective cohort study.

Mohammed Abdul Malik FarooqiSachi O'HoskiSarah GoodwinNima MakhdamiAfia AzizGerard CoxJoshua WaldChristopher J RyersonMarla K BeauchampNathan HamblyMartin R J Kolb

Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2021)

Physical frailty is prevalent in patients with ILD and is independently associated with an increased risk of death. Assessment of physical frailty provides additional prognostic value to recognized risk scores such as the ILD-GAP score, and may present a modifiable target for intervention.

Keyphrases

interstitial lung disease
systemic sclerosis
rheumatoid arthritis
physical activity
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
mental health
community dwelling
randomized controlled trial
risk factors