Cargando…

Social isolation and loneliness as risk factors for the progression of frailty: the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

BACKGROUND: loneliness and social isolation have been associated with mortality and with functional decline in older people. We investigated whether loneliness or social isolation are associated with progression of frailty. METHODS: participants were 2,817 people aged ≥60 from the English Longitudin...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gale, Catharine R, Westbury, Leo, Cooper, Cyrus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5920346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29309502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx188

Ejemplares similares