Pre-frailty and frailty of elderly residents in a municipality with a low Human Development Index

• Main Authors: Wanderley Matos Reis Júnior (Author), José Ailton Oliveira Carneiro (Author), Raildo da Silva Coqueiro (Author), Kleyton Trindade Santos (Author), Marcos Henrique Fernandes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: to identify the prevalence of the factors associated with pre-frailty and frailty of elderly residents in a municipality with a low Human Development IndexMETHOD: Cross-sectional study with a populational and household framework conducted with 316 elderly people. Frailty was determined fr...