Open AccessCorrelates of Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Cancer: 2017 Survey of Living Condition of Elderly Study in South Korea
Author(s) -
Hyun-Wook Kang
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asia-pacific journal of oncology nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2349-6673
pISSN - 2347-5625
DOI - 10.4103/2347-5625.311130
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , marital status , psychological intervention , descriptive statistics , geriatric depression scale , activities of daily living , population , depression (economics) , bivariate analysis , environmental health , depressive symptoms , physical therapy , cognition , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics , statistics , mathematics
Frailty is prevalent among community-dwelling older adults with cancer and is associated with increased mortality and complications of treatments. However, evidence on the multiple factors influencing frailty in this population is scarce. This paper aimed to identify the demographic, sociobehavioral, and health status-related correlates of frailty in community-dwelling older adults with cancer.