Open Access<p>Prevalence of Frailty and Evaluation of Associated Variables Among COPD Patients</p>
Author(s) -
Lara de Souza Dias,
Anna Ferreira,
José Laerte Rodrigues da Silva,
Marcus Barreto Conte,
Marcelo Fouad Rabahi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s250299
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , logistic regression , odds ratio , cross sectional study , pulmonary disease , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , pathology , nursing
Frailty in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients has been associated with a higher rate of incidents, longer duration of hospitalization, poorer quality of life, and higher mortality.