TY - JOUR
T1 - Frailty and cause-specific hospitalization among persons aging with HIV infection and injection drug use
AU - Piggott, Damani A.
AU - Muzaale, Abimereki D.
AU - Varadhan, Ravi
AU - Mehta, Shruti H.
AU - Westergaard, Ryan P.
AU - Brown, Todd T.
AU - Patel, Kushang V.
AU - Walston, Jeremy D.
AU - Leng, Sean X.
AU - Kirk, Gregory D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2016.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Background: Hospitalization events exact a substantial toll across the age spectrum. Frailty is associated with all-cause hospitalization among HIV-uninfected adults aged 65 years and older. Limited data exist on the frailty relationship to hospitalization among HIV-infected persons or those aged less than 65 years. Comparative investigation of the frailty relationship to specific classes of hospitalizations has rarely been reported among adults of any age. This study sought to determine the frailty relationship to three distinct classes of hospitalization events among HIV-infected persons and their uninfected counterparts. Methods: Frailty was ascertained semiannually among persons with prior injection drug use using the five Fried phenotypic domains. Hospitalization events were categorized using Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality clinical classification software into chronic, infectious, and nonchronic, noninfectious conditions. Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine the frailty relationship to time to first hospitalization event. Results: Among 1,303 subjects, mean age was 48 years; 32% were HIV-infected. Adjusting for sociodemographics, comorbidity, substance use, and HIV disease stage, time-updated frailty status was associated with risk for all hospitalization classes. Baseline frailty was significantly associated with all-cause (hazards ratio [HR] 1.41; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06, 1.87), chronic (HR 2.13; 95% CI, 1.46, 3.11), and infectious disease hospitalization (HR 2.51; 95% CI, 1.60, 3.91) but not with nonchronic, noninfectious hospitalization risk (HR 1.09; 95% CI, 0.74, 1.61). Conclusion: The frailty phenotype predicts vulnerability to chronic and infectious disease-related hospitalization. Frailty-targeted interventions may mitigate the substantial burden of infectious and chronic disease-related morbidity and health care utilization in HIV-infected and uninfected populations.
AB - Background: Hospitalization events exact a substantial toll across the age spectrum. Frailty is associated with all-cause hospitalization among HIV-uninfected adults aged 65 years and older. Limited data exist on the frailty relationship to hospitalization among HIV-infected persons or those aged less than 65 years. Comparative investigation of the frailty relationship to specific classes of hospitalizations has rarely been reported among adults of any age. This study sought to determine the frailty relationship to three distinct classes of hospitalization events among HIV-infected persons and their uninfected counterparts. Methods: Frailty was ascertained semiannually among persons with prior injection drug use using the five Fried phenotypic domains. Hospitalization events were categorized using Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality clinical classification software into chronic, infectious, and nonchronic, noninfectious conditions. Cox proportional hazards models were used to examine the frailty relationship to time to first hospitalization event. Results: Among 1,303 subjects, mean age was 48 years; 32% were HIV-infected. Adjusting for sociodemographics, comorbidity, substance use, and HIV disease stage, time-updated frailty status was associated with risk for all hospitalization classes. Baseline frailty was significantly associated with all-cause (hazards ratio [HR] 1.41; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06, 1.87), chronic (HR 2.13; 95% CI, 1.46, 3.11), and infectious disease hospitalization (HR 2.51; 95% CI, 1.60, 3.91) but not with nonchronic, noninfectious hospitalization risk (HR 1.09; 95% CI, 0.74, 1.61). Conclusion: The frailty phenotype predicts vulnerability to chronic and infectious disease-related hospitalization. Frailty-targeted interventions may mitigate the substantial burden of infectious and chronic disease-related morbidity and health care utilization in HIV-infected and uninfected populations.
KW - Chronic disease
KW - HIV/AIDS
KW - Infection
KW - Injection drug use
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U2 - 10.1093/gerona/glw142
DO - 10.1093/gerona/glw142
M3 - Article
C2 - 27516622
AN - SCOPUS:85016189690
SN - 1079-5006
VL - 72
SP - 389
EP - 394
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
IS - 3
ER -