Open AccessTransitions Between Frailty States Among Community-Living Older Persons
Author(s) -
Thomas M. Gill,
Evelyne A. Gahbauer,
Heather Allore,
Ling Han
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.4.418
Subject(s) - gerontology , medicine , demography , activities of daily living , physical therapy , sociology
Little is known about the natural course of frailty. We performed a prospective study to determine the transition rates between frailty states and to evaluate the effect of the preceding frailty state on subsequent frailty transitions.
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