Frailty

Sleep disorders including insomnia, poor sleep quality and short and long sleep duration were associated with physical frailty among middle-aged and older patients with HIV, researchers found.

Although both are safe and effective, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was linked to greater protection and a slightly lower risk for adverse events compared with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in older adults, data in JAMA Network Open show.

CHICAGO — An electronic frailty index may help to predict risk for poor outcomes, including mortality, in patients undergoing chemotherapy.

ICU COVID-19 survivors showed improvement in disability, frailty and cognitive impairment 1 year after discharge, according to study results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Major discrimination events appeared associated with increased frailty among Black survivors of various cancer types, according to study results published in Cancer.

For older adults, yoga improved lower extremity strength and gait speed, but it did not appear to offer more benefits for frailty markers than other forms of exercise, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Among veterans aged 65 years or older, frailty was positively associated with risk for suicide attempts and negatively associated with risk for suicide death, according to data published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Among patients admitted for acute MI, intermediate- or high-risk frailty is associated with lower utilization of PCI, greater length of stays, greater total costs and higher 30-day readmissions, researchers reported.

Higher HDL levels may be associated with increased fracture risk for older adults independent of other risk factors, according to a post hoc analysis of the ASPREE study.

BOSTON — In this Healio video exclusive, a co-chair of the Cardiometabolic Health Congress discusses various highlights from the first 2.5 days of the meeting.