Prevalence of frailty and disability: findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 162-165

  Gale, Catharine R ^a,b   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Disability; Frailty; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAILTY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WALKING SPEED; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84979855760     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/AGEING/AFU148     Document Type: Article

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