Prevalence of Frailty in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 940-945

  Kojima, Gotaro ^a  

^a Japan Green Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frailty; Long term care; Nursing homes; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMBASE; EXHAUSTION; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCINFO; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84947863397     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.06.025     Document Type: Review

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