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Prevalence and factors associated with frailty among community-dwelling older people in rural Thanjavur district of South India: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVE: There is sparse data on the prevalence of frailty from rural parts of India. Our aim was to estimate prevalence of frailty among community-dwelling older people in rural South Indian population and explore socio-demographic factors associated with frailty. We further explored the associat...

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Autores principales: Kendhapedi, Kirubakaran Kesavan, Devasenapathy, Niveditha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6797472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31604789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032904