Prevalence of frailty in middle-aged and older community-dwelling Europeans living in 10 countries.
By B. Santos-Eggimann, Patrick Cuénoud, J. Spagnoli, J. Junod. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2009
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Subfields: Epidemiology, General Health Professions, Geriatrics and Gerontology
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Citations in the corpus
- The Frailty Syndrome: Definition and Natural History (2011, background): “of 17% and was higher in southern than in northern Europe, consistent with an unexplainednorth-southhealth risk gradient previously reported in thesamepopulation.(30,31)”
- Prevalence of Frailty in Community‐Dwelling Older Persons: A Systematic Review (2012, background): “It has been reported that frailty prevalence might be higher in Mexican older adults(29) and inhabitants of southern European countries.(30) If true, this may have led to an overestimation of overall frailty prevalence, although the inclusion of studies from Europe, as well as the United States, Aus”
- Frailty syndrome: an overview (2014, neutral): “8% in Switzerland to 27% in Spain, while the prevalence in Latin American and Caribbean cities is much higher, ranging from 30% to 48% in women and from 21% to 35% in men.(16,17)”