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Towards an approach of disability along a continuum from robustness, pre-frailty, frailty to disability.
Age and ageing - 1 Mar 2022
Zamudio-Rodríguez Alfonso, Avila-Funes José Alberto, Tabue-Teguo Maturin, Dartigues Jean-François, Amieva Hélène, Pérès Karine
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BACKGROUND: frailty and disability are very prevalent in older age and although both are distinct clinical entities, they are commonly used indistinctly in order to identify vulnerable older adults. OBJECTIVE: to propose a hierarchical indicator between frailty and disability among older adults along a single continuum. DESIGN: population-based cohort study. SETTING: the Bordeaux Three-City Study and the Aging...
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