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Search for: [Abstract = "m \(MNA\), Clinical Frailty Scale \(CFS\) and Athens Insomnia Scale \(AIS\). The last step was to determine the level of QoL with the use of the EQ\-5D\-5L questionnaire. In addition, patients indicated whether they had caregivers. Caregivers filled in an authors’ questionnaire in which they specified how, in their opinion, a given patient functions in the domains assessed during the CGA. Moreover, the form included questions about the relationship of caregivers with the health care services. Results The study involved 438 patients aged between 65 and 96 years \(mean 75.6±7.9 years\)\; 63% of the respondents were women. For the purpose of the analysis, the patients participating in the study were divided by age into the following subgroups\: 65\-74 years, 75\-84 years, ≥85 years, which included 50%, 31% and 19% of the subjects, respectively. The most frequently identified deficits concerned the occurrence of depressive symptoms, frailty and insomnia. Mild depressive disorders were suspected in 17%, 32% and 40%, respectively, and severe depressive disorders in 3%, 8% and 9% of the respondents, in particular age subgroups. Frailty symptoms were detected in 12%, 43% and 72% of patients, respectively. Insomnia was suspected in 10%, 17% and 24% of the participants in each age subgroup, respectively. Male gender was associated with a lower risk of depressive symptoms \[OR=0.6 \(0.39\-0.92\)\; p=0."]

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