Frail elders in an urban district setting in Malaysia: Multidimensional frailty and its correlates

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue , 2015, Pages 52S-61S

  Sathasivam, Jeyanthini ^a,b   Kamaruzzaman, Shahrul Bahyah ^a   Hairi, Farizah ^a   Ng, Chiu Wan ^a   Chinna, Karuthan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

ageing; community dwelling older people; fall; frailty; multidimensional frailty; walking speed

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84944312974     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539515583332     Document Type: Article

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