Comparison of frailty among Japanese, Brazilian Japanese descendants and Brazilian community-dwelling older women

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 762-769

  Sewo Sampaio, Priscila Yukari ^a   Sampaio, Ricardo Aurélio Carvalho ^a   Yamada, Minoru ^a   Ogita, Mihoko ^b   Arai, Hidenori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO KOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural study; Frailty; Kihon Checklist; Older women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BRAZILIAN; BRAZILIAN JAPANESE; CHECKLIST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KIHON CHECKLIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHECKLIST; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84930061845     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12348     Document Type: Article

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