Evaluation of frailty, functional capacity and quality of life of the elderly in geriatric outpatient clinic of a university hospital

Objective To investigate the occurrence of frailty and analyze the functional capacity and quality of life in the elderly in a department of geriatrics and gerontology in Belém-PA. Method Cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study.103 elderly people were assessed as the socio-demographic and...

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Main Authors: Crislainy Vieira Freitas, Edilene do Socorro Nascimento Falcão Sarges, Karlo Edson Carneiro Santana Moreira, Saul Rassy Carneiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade (UnAti)
Series:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
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