| Title: | Frailty in individuals with depression, bipolar disorder and anxiety disorders: longitudinal analyses of all-cause mortality |
| Journal: | BMC Medicine |
| Published: | 30 Aug 2022 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36038880/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02474-2 |
| URL: | https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s12916-022-02474-2 |
Publication 9816
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Abstract
BackgroundFrailty is a medical syndrome that is strongly associated with mortality risk and an emerging global health burden. Mental disorders are associated with reduced life expectancy and elevated levels of frailty. In this study, we examined the mortality risk associated with frailty in individuals with a lifetime history of mental disorders compared to individuals without a history of mental disorders.MethodsThe UK Biobank study recruited > 500,000 adults, aged 37-73, between 2006 and 2010. We derived the two most common albeit distinctive measures of frailty, the frailty phenotype and the frailty index. Individuals with lifetime depression, bipolar disorder or anxiety disorders were identified from multiple data sources. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. We have also examined differences in frailty, separately by sex and age.ResultsAnalyses included up to 297,380 middle-aged and older adults with a median follow-up of 12.19 (interquartile range = 1.31) years, yielding 3,516,706 person-years of follow-up. We observed higher levels of frailty in individuals with mental disorders for both frailty measures. Standardised mean differences in the frailty index ranged from 0.66 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.65-0.67) in individuals with anxiety disorders to 0.94 (95% CI 0.90-0.97) in individuals with bipolar disorder, compared to people without mental disorders. For key comparisons, individuals with a mental disorder had greater all-cause mortality hazards than the comparison group without mental disorders. The highest hazard ratio (3.65, 95% CI 2.40-5.54) was observed among individuals with bipolar disorder and frailty, relative to non-frail individuals without mental disorders.ConclusionsOur findings highlight elevated levels of frailty across three common mental disorders. Frailty and mental disorders represent potentially modifiable targets for prevention and treatment to improve population health and life expectancy, especially where both conditions coexist.</p>
4 Authors
- Julian Mutz
- Umamah Choudhury
- Jinlong Zhao
- Alexandru Dregan
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