| Abstract [eng] |
Aim of the study: to assess the associations between frailty and quality of life in people with cardiovascular diseases. Tasks of work: 1. To review the prevalence of frailty among individuals with cardiovascular disease. 2. To analyze the quality of life of individuals with cardiovascular diseases and frailty. 3. To determine the associations between frailty and quality of life in cardiovascular diseases. Materials and methods. A systematic literature review was conducted based on the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Item for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses) methodology requirements. A search for scientific articles published in 2014-2025 was performed in the PubMed and Web of 6 Science databases. Of the 864 publications identified, 11 scientific articles met the inclusion/exclusion criteria: 7 cross-sectional studies and 4 prospective cohort studies were included in the review. Results. A total of 3212 subjects participated. After analyzing all included scientific articles, it was observed that frailty occurs among individuals with cardiovascular disease. It was also observed that the quality of life of individuals with frailty were significantly lower compared to those who did not have frailty. In studies that performed correlation analyses, it was found that frailty has a negative correlation with quality of life, which shows that the higher the frailty, the worse the quality of life results are. The regression analyses performed showed that frailty is an independent significant predictor of poorer quality of life. Conclusions: 1. Frailty is common among elderly people with cardiovascular disease. At least 20 percent of patients with cardiovascular disease have frailty. 2. The quality of life of people with cardiovascular disease with frailty is significantly worse than that of those without frailty. 3. Frailty has a negative correlation with quality of life and is a significant independent predictor of poorer quality of life. |
