Prevalence of frailty in an elderly Spanish urban population. Relationship with comorbidity and disability;Prevalencia de fragilidad en una poblacin urbana de mayores de 65 aos y su relacin con comorbilidad y discapacidad

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 520-527

  Castell Alcalá, María Victoria ^a   Otero Puime, Ángel ^b   Sánchez Santos, María Teresa ^c   Garrido Barral, Araceli ^d   González Montalvo, Juan Ignacio ^c   Zunzunegui, María Victoria ^e  

^a Centro de Salud Dr Castroviejo   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d Medicina de Familia   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING SPEED; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77957673487     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: 15781275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aprim.2009.09.024     Document Type: Article

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