Prevalence and correlates of frailty among older adults: Findings from the German health interview and examination survey

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Buttery, Amanda K ^a   Busch, Markus A ^a   Gaertner, Beate ^a   Scheidt Nave, Christa ^a   Fuchs, Judith ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Community dwelling; Elderly; Frailty; Germany; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928727504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-015-0022-3     Document Type: Article

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