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Identifying frailty and its associated factors in patients with axial spondyloarthritis

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Frailty is an elderly people phenomenon; however, younger adults with comorbidities may show a higher trajectory of frailty toward older age. The frailty status of middle‐aged patients with axial spondyloarthritis… Click to show full abstract

Frailty is an elderly people phenomenon; however, younger adults with comorbidities may show a higher trajectory of frailty toward older age. The frailty status of middle‐aged patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) remains little researched. We aimed to identify frailty status and to investigate the association of clinical, sociodemographic, and psychosocial factors with frailty.

Keywords: patients axial; axial spondyloarthritis; frailty associated; identifying frailty; frailty

Journal Title: International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases
Year Published: 2023

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