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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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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Jazbar Janja 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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Jazbar Janja Pišek Špela Locatelli Igor Kos Mitja |
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Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia |
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Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia |
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Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia |
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Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia |
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Prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in Slovenia |
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prevalence and incidence of frailty among community-dwelling older adults in slovenia |
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Sciendo |
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Slovenian Journal of Public Health |
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1854-2476 |
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2021-06-01 |
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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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frailty older adults share survey prevalence incidence krhkost starejši odrasli raziskava share razširjenost pojavnost |
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https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0027 |
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