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Frailty and mortality among older patients in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

BACKGROUND: This study determined the frailty status and its association with mortality among older patients. DESIGN: A prospective cohort design. SETTING: Study was conducted at the medical wards of University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. PARTICIPANTS AND STUDY TOOLS: Four hundred and fifty o...

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Autores principales: Adebusoye, Lawrence A, Cadmus, Eniola O, Owolabi, Mayowa O, Ogunniyi, Adesola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ghana Medical Association 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6842731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31741493
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v53i3.5