Pre-frailty and frailty of elderly residents in a municipality with a low Human Development Index

OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence of the factors associated with pre-frailty and frailty of elderly residents in a municipality with a low Human Development IndexMETHOD: Cross-sectional study with a populational and household framework conducted with 316 elderly people. Frailty was determined fr...

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Main Authors: Wanderley Matos Reis Júnior, José Ailton Oliveira Carneiro, Raildo da Silva Coqueiro, Kleyton Trindade Santos, Marcos Henrique Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-08-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000400654&lng=en&tlng=en