Frailty in the oldest old: Prevalence and associated factors

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 294-296

  Ferrer, Assumpta ^a   Badia, Teresa ^b   Formiga, Francesc ^c,d   Sanz, Héctor ^e   Megido, Maria J ^f   Pujol, Ramõn ^c,d  

^a Primary Healthcare Centre El Pla CAP I   (Spain)

^b Primary Healthcare Centre Martorell   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^e Primary Health Department Costa Ponent   (Spain)

^f Primary Healthcare Centre   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEMIA; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXHAUSTION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WEAKNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84873975623     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12154     Document Type: Letter

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