Prevalence of frailty syndrome in old people in a hospital institution

OBJECTIVE: to measure the prevalence of frailty syndrome in elderly inpatients in a hospital institution. METHODS: cross-sectional study using a sample of 99 subjects aged 65 or older, hospitalized in the month of November/2010 in São Vicente de Paulo Hospital in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul st...

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Main Authors: Daniela Ramos Oliveira, Luiz Antonio Bettinelli, Adriano Pasqualotti, Débora Corso, Felipe Brock, Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2013-07-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692013000400891&lng=en&tlng=en