Quality of life is substantially worse for community-dwelling older people living with frailty: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Thomas Frederick CrockerLesley BrownAndrew CleggKatherine FarleyMatthew FranklinSamantha SimpkinsJohn YoungPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2019)
The association between frailty and lower QOL across a range of constructs is clear and often substantial. Future research should establish whether causal mechanisms link the constructs, which aspects of QOL are most important to older people with frailty, and investigate their tractability. Services focused on measuring and improving QOL for older people with frailty should be introduced.