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How frail are our elderly? An assessment with Tilburg frailty indicator (TFI) in a rural elderly population of West Bengal

CONTEXT: “Frailty” is a multidimensional geriatric syndrome that increases the risk for adverse health outcomes, such as falls, hospitalization, increased morbidity, and mortality, among elderly persons. AIM: The objective of this study is to find out the proportion of frailty and its associates amo...

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Autores principales: Dasgupta, Aparajita, Bandyopadhyay, Sayanti, Bandyopadhyay, Lina, Roy, Soumit, Paul, Bobby, Mandal, Shamita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31463237
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_445_19