Frailty syndrome and associated factors in community-dwelling elderly in Northeast Brazil

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  de Albuquerque Sousa, Ana Carolina Patrício ^a   Dias, Rosângela Correa ^b   Maciel, álvaro Campos Cavalcanti ^a   Guerra, Ricardo Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Frail elderly; Geriatrics; Gerontology; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; BRONCHITIS; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPHYSEMA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAIL SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF REPORT; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAZIL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84857064877     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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