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Frailty prevalence and factors associated with the Frailty Phenotype and Frailty Index: Findings from the North West Adelaide Health Study.
Australasian journal on ageing - 1 Jun 2018
Thompson Mark Q, Theou Olga, Yu Solomon, Adams Robert J, Tucker Graeme R, Visvanathan Renuka
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of frailty and associated factors in the North West Adelaide Health Study (2004-2006) using the Frailty Phenotype (FP) and Frailty Index (FI). METHODS: Frailty was measured in 909 community-dwelling participants aged ≥65 years using the FP and FI. RESULTS: The FP classified 18% of participants as frail and the FI 48%. The measures were strongly correlated (r = 0.76, P <...
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