Prevalence and risk factors of frailty phenotype among vulnerable solitary elderly individuals

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 321-327

  Chang, Shu Fang ^a   Yang, Rong Sen ^b   Nieh, Hwa Ming ^c   Wen, Gi Mi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Frailty; Prevalence; Risk factors; Solitary elderly individuals

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84930382937     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijn.12280     Document Type: Article

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