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Frailty in older adults attending an outpatient geriatric clinic as measured by...
Cintra,Marco Túlio Gualberto; Guimarães,Felipe Ferreira; Souza,Cislene Teixeira de; Luz,Fernanda Silva Trindade; Murta,Érica Dias<p><b>BACKGROUND:</b> Existing instruments for the diagnosis of frailty are limited by their focus on mobility evaluation, failure to incorporate comorbidities, and dichotomous classification of patients as frail or non-frail, which hinders adequate identification of frail older adults. <br> <b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To evaluate the frailty profile of outpatients seen at a secondary geriatric care service in Belo Horiz...
Date: 2019
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Origin: Oasisbr