Transitions in frailty states among community-living older adults and their associated factors

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 281-286

  Lee, Jenny S W ^a,b   Auyeung, Tung Wai ^a   Leung, Jason ^a   Kwok, Timothy ^a   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fluctuation; Frailty; Older adults; Transition

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEOPLASM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT CHANGE; AGING; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84897028120     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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