Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia

Frailty is recognized as one of the most important global health challenges as the population is aging. The aim of this study was to evaluate prevalence and incidence of frailty, and associated factors, among the population of older adults in Slovenia compared to other European countries.

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Main Authors: Jazbar Janja, Pišek Špela, Locatelli Igor, Kos Mitja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-06-01
Series:Slovenian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0027
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spelling doaj-0eb948c1eeae4dcb904b72c1f602526b2021-09-05T14:01:59ZengSciendoSlovenian Journal of Public Health1854-24762021-06-0160319019810.2478/sjph-2021-0027Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in SloveniaJazbar Janja0Pišek Špela1Locatelli Igor2Kos Mitja3University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Social Pharmacy, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Social Pharmacy, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Social Pharmacy, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000Ljubljana, SloveniaUniversity of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Social Pharmacy, Aškerčeva cesta 7, 1000Ljubljana, SloveniaFrailty is recognized as one of the most important global health challenges as the population is aging. The aim of this study was to evaluate prevalence and incidence of frailty, and associated factors, among the population of older adults in Slovenia compared to other European countries.https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0027frailtyolder adultsshare surveyprevalenceincidencekrhkoststarejši odrasliraziskava sharerazširjenostpojavnost
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author Jazbar Janja
Pišek Špela
Locatelli Igor
Kos Mitja
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Pišek Špela
Locatelli Igor
Kos Mitja
Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia
Slovenian Journal of Public Health
frailty
older adults
share survey
prevalence
incidence
krhkost
starejši odrasli
raziskava share
razširjenost
pojavnost
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Pišek Špela
Locatelli Igor
Kos Mitja
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title Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia
title_short Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia
title_full Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia
title_fullStr Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia
title_sort prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in slovenia
publisher Sciendo
series Slovenian Journal of Public Health
issn 1854-2476
publishDate 2021-06-01
description Frailty is recognized as one of the most important global health challenges as the population is aging. The aim of this study was to evaluate prevalence and incidence of frailty, and associated factors, among the population of older adults in Slovenia compared to other European countries.
topic frailty
older adults
share survey
prevalence
incidence
krhkost
starejši odrasli
raziskava share
razširjenost
pojavnost
url https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0027
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