Ethnic differences in frailty: A cross-sectional study of pooled data from community-dwelling older persons in the Netherlands
Objective Few European studies examined frailty among older persons from diverse ethnic backgrounds. We aimed to examine the association of ethnic background with frailty. In addition, we explored the association of ethnic background with distinct components that are considered to be relevant for frailty. Design and setting This was a cross-sectional study of pooled data of The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey Minimum DataSet (TOPICS) in the Netherlands. Participants Community-dwelling persons aged 55 years and older with a Dutch, Indonesian, Surinamese, Moroccan or Turkish ethnic... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2018 |
Schlagwörter: | aged / community-dwelling / ethnicbackground / frailty |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26831828 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/110303 |