Frailty as a Major Factor in the Increased Risk of Death and Disability in Older People With Diabetes

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 949-955

  Castro Rodríguez, Marta ^a   Carnicero, José A ^a   Garcia Garcia, Francisco J ^b   Walter, Stephan ^a   Morley, John E ^c   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^d   Sinclair, Alan J ^e   Rodriguez Manas L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Diabetes Frail Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

disability; frailty; mortality; Older adults; risk factors; type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; FRAILTY TRAIT SCORE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; HOME FOR THE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84994479658     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.07.013     Document Type: Article

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