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Risk factors and protective factors associated with incident or increase of frailty among community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review of longitudinal studies

2017; Public Library of Science; Volume: 12; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1371/journal.pone.0178383

ISSN

1932-6203

Autores

Zeyun Feng, Marjolein Lugtenberg, Carmen Betsy Franse, Xinye Fang, Shanlian Hu, Chunlin Jin, Hein Raat,

Tópico(s)

Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes

Resumo

Frailty is one of the greatest challenges facing our aging population, as it can lead to adverse outcomes such as institutionalization, hospitalization, and mortality. However, the factors that are associated with frailty are poorly understood. We performed a systematic review of longitudinal studies in order to identify the sociodemographic, physical, biological, lifestyle-related, and psychological risk or protective factors that are associated with frailty among community-dwelling older adults.

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