Developing and evaluating a frailty index for older South Africans - findings from the HAALSI study
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Barker, Fred J.; Davies, Justine; Gomez-Olive, F. Xavier; Kahn, Kathleen; Matthews, Gail V.; Payne, Collin; Salomon, Joshua A.; Tollman, Stephen M.; Wade, Alisha; Walker, Richard W.; Witham, Miles D.
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Background: despite rapid population ageing, few studies have investigated frailty in older people in sub-Saharan Africa. We tested a cumulative deficit frailty index in a population of older people from rural South Africa. Methods: analysis of cross-sectional data from the Health and Ageing in Africa: Longitudinal Studies of an INDEPTH Community (HAALSI) study. We used self-reported diagnoses, symptoms, activities of daily living, objective physiological indices and blood tests to calculate a...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2021-06-09 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/281529 |
Source: | Age and Ageing |
DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/afab111 |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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