Frailty and its impact on health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study on elder community-dwelling preventive health service users

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Chang, Yaw Wen ^a   Chen, Wei Liang ^a   Lin, Fu Gong ^b   Fang, Wen Hui ^a   Yen, Ming Yung ^a   Hsieh, Chia Chuan ^a   Kao, Tung Wei ^a  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHENOTYPE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; TAIWAN; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84861473683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038079     Document Type: Article

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