Association of socioeconomic and clinical variables with the state of frailty among older inpatients

Objectives: to identify the prevalence of frailty among inpatient older adults in a clinical hospital and check the association of the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics with the state of frailty. Method: observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, conducted with 255 hospitalized...

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Main Authors: Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares, Isabella Danielle Nader, Mariana Mapelli de Paiva, Flavia Aparecida Dias, Maycon Sousa Pegorari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692015000601121&lng=en&tlng=en