Polypharmacy Is Significantly and Positively Associated with the Frailty Status Assessed Using the 5-Item FRAIL Scale, Cardiovascular Health Phenotypic Classification of Frailty Index, and Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Scale

The aim of this study was to investigate the association between frailty and polypharmacy using three different frailty screening tools. This was a cross-sectional study of people aged ≥65 years. Participants were included and interviewed using questionnaires. Polypharmacy was defined as the daily u...

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Autores principales: Hung, Chi-Di, Yang, Chen-Cheng, Lee, Chun-Ying, Hu, Stephen Chu-Sung, Chen, Szu-Chia, Hung, Chih-Hsing, Chuang, Hung-Yi, Chen, Ching-Yu, Kuo, Chao-Hung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8509824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34640429
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10194413

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8509824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34640429
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm10194413

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