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Prevalence of Frailty in Community‐Dwelling Older Persons: A Systematic Review

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2012 · Vol. 60(8) · pp. 1487–1492
Rose M. CollardHan BoterRobert A. SchoeversRichard C. Oude Voshaar

Abstract

Frailty is common in later life, but different operationalization of frailty status results in widely differing prevalence between studies. Improving the comparability of epidemiological and clinical studies constitutes an important step forward.

Frailty in Older AdultsNutrition and Health in AgingHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMedicineGerontologyEpidemiologyConfidence intervalPsychosocialFrailty syndromeDemographyFrailty IndexInternal medicinePsychiatry

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AgedCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleResidence CharacteristicsPrevalenceFrail Elderly
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