Factors associated with frailty in community-dwelling elderly population. A cross-sectional study

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 531-537

  Serra Prat, M ^a   Papiol, M ^b   Vico, J ^a   Palomera, E ^a   Sist, X ^a   Cabre M ^c  

^a Research Unit   (Spain)

^b Argenona Primary Care Centre   (Spain)

^c Adult Outpatient Mental Health Center Hospital of Mataró   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Elderly; Frailty; Functional capacity; Medication; Nutritional status; Pain; Prevention

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPEPSIA; EDUCATION; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY; WEAKNESS;

EID: 85000577460     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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