Prevalence and factors associated with frailty in an older population from the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: The FIBRA-RJ Study

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 979-985

  Moreira, Virgílio Garcia ^a   Lourenço, Roberto Alves ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aged; Frail elderly; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 84881076142     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(07)15     Document Type: Article

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