Social participation and physical prefrailty in older Japanese adults: The Shimane CoHRE study. by Takafumi Abe, Kenta Okuyama, Masamitsu Kamada, Shozo Yano, Yuta Toyama, Minoru Isomura, Toru Nabika, Naoki Sakane, Hitoshi Ando, Ryo Miyazaki

“…This cross-sectional study investigates this issue by analyzing 616 participants living in Okinoshima, Shimane, a rural area of Japan, in 2019. Frailty was assessed using the 5-item frailty phenotype (unintentional weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, weakness, slow walking speed, and low physical activity). …”
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