Instrumental Activities of Daily Living as a Potential Marker of Frailty A Study of 7364 Community-Dwelling Elderly Women (the EPIDOS Study)
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...Socio-economic factors (2, 84, 86, 88, 89) Lack of social involvement (relatives, friends, church, organizations)....
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...Age (2, 22, 81, 82, 84) Prevalence of frailty increases with age...
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..., histories of heart disease, stroke, depression, or diabetes), poorer cognitive function, and frequent falls [5]....
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...Measurements of frailty usually include signs of decreased functional reserve such as slowness, weakness, exhaustion, and wasting(10); or consequences such as falls, disability, and institutionalization.(12,13) The prognostic model of Lee et al evaluated a large number of frailty items for predictive value, including difficulties with activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living, and the final model includes a substantial proportion of items that may arise from frailty (wasting, difficulty bathing, difficulty managing money, difficulty walking several blocks, and difficulty pulling or pushing large objects)....
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