Global Prevalence of Physical Frailty by Fried's Criteria in Community-Dwelling Elderly With National Population-Based Surveys

Jaekyung Choi; Ahleum Ahn; Sunyoung Kim; Chang Won Won

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.004

Global Prevalence of Physical Frailty by Fried's Criteria in Community-Dwelling Elderly With National Population-Based Surveys

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Jul 1;16(7):548-50. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.004. Epub 2015 Mar 14.

Authors

Jaekyung Choi¹, Ahleum Ahn¹, Sunyoung Kim², Chang Won Won³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: chunwon62@naver.com.

PMID: 25783624
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.004

Abstract

This study presents a brief review of 6 articles published between 2001 and 2014 that examined the prevalence of frailty as defined by the Fried scale in community-dwelling adults representative of the national population, age 65 years and older.

Keywords: Frailty; Fried scale.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Frail Elderly* / statistics & numerical data
Geriatric Assessment*
Health Care Surveys
Homes for the Aged*
Humans
Male
Prevalence