Frailty among community-dwelling elderly Mexican people: Prevalence and association with sociodemographic characteristics, health state and the use of health services

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 395-402

  Sánchez García, Sergio ^a   Sánchez Arenas, Rosalinda ^b   García Peña, Carmen ^a   Rosas Carrasco, Oscar ^c   Ávila Funes, José Alberto ^c   Ruiz Arregui, Liliana ^c   Juárez Cedillo, Teresa ^a  

^a Epidemiologic and Health Service Research Unit Aging Area   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community dwelling; Elderly; Frailty; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; UNDERWEIGHT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORK; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELDERLY CARE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84897503993     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12114     Document Type: Article

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