Objective: To explore the mediating effect of dysphagia on frailty in elderly stroke patients. Methods: A total of 110 elderly stroke patients in Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from Jun. 2021 to Jun. 2024 were enrolled. The patients' frailty, swallowing function, activities of daily living, cognitive function, nutritional status and depression were evaluated by the Edmonton frailty scale(EFS), the Watanabe Drinking Test, the activities of daily living scale(ADL), the mini mental state scale(MMSE), the mini nutritional assessment-short form(MNA-SF) and the Geriatric Depression Scale(GDS), respectively. Logistic regression was used to analyze the influencing factors of frailty in elderly stroke patients. Chi-square test was used to compare activities of daily living, cognitive function, nutritional status and depression in patients with different swallowing functions. The mediating effect was analyzed with frailty as the dependent variable, swallowing function as the independent variable, impaired activities of daily living, cognitive impairment, malnutrition and depression as the mediating variables, and gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, stroke frequency and stroke severity as the covariates. Results: Among the 110 elderly stroke patients, 38 had no frailty, 32 had pre-frailty, 40 had frailty; 52 had normal swallowing function, and 58 had dysphagia. The prevalence of frailty was significantly higher among elderly stroke patients who were male, had hypertension or diabetes mellitus, experienced ≥2 stroke, presented with moderate-to-severe stroke, exhibited dysphagia, had impaired activities of daily living, cognitive dysfunction, malnutrition, or depression(P<0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that diabetes mellitus, ≥2 stroke, moderate-to-severe stroke, dysphagia, impaired activities of daily living, cognitive dysfunction, malnutrition and depression were risk factors for frailty in elderly stroke patients(all P<0.05). The prevalence of impaired activities of daily living, cognitive dysfunction, malnutrition and depression was significantly higher in elderly stroke patients with dysphagia than in those with normal swallowing function(all P<0.05). The mediating effect analysis showed that the direct effect of dysphagia on frailty in the elderly stroke patients was 0.800, accounting for 46.80% of the total effect. The mediating effects of impaired activities of daily living, cognitive impairment, malnutrition and depression were 0.257, 0.406, 0.525 and 0.387, respectively, accounting for 20.54%, 9.78%, 13.23% and 9.65% of the total effect. Conclusion: Dysphagia in elderly stroke patients can increase the risk of frailty not only directly but also indirectly through impaired activities of daily living, cognitive dysfunction, malnutrition and depression. When dysphagia is present, interventions should target these mediators—activities of daily living, cognition, nutrition and depressive symptoms—to reduce the risk of frailty. |
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