Prevalence of and factors associated with frailty and disability in older adults from China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa

Highlights • Estimates are provided of the prevalence of frailty and disability in older adult populations in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa. • Their relationship of prevalence to socioeconomic factors in these six countries is also examined. • The study provides prevalence est...

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Published in:	Maturitas Vol. 91; pp. 8 - 18
Main Authors:	Biritwum, R.B, Minicuci, N, Yawson, A.E, Theou, O, Mensah, G.P, Naidoo, N, Wu, F, Guo, Y, Zheng, Y, Jiang, Y, Maximova, T, Kalula, S, Arokiasamy, P, Salinas-Rodríguez, A, Manrique-Espinoza, B, Snodgrass, J.J, Sterner, K.N, Eick, G, Liebert, M.A, Schrock, J, Afshar, S, Thiele, E, Vollmer, S, Harttgen, K, Strulik, H, Byles, JE, Rockwood, K, Mitnitski, A, Chatterji, S, Kowal, P
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Ireland Elsevier B.V 01-09-2016
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Chronic Disease - epidemiology Developing Countries Disability Disability Evaluation Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data Female Frail older adults Frailty index Global Health Health Services for the Aged Humans Internal Medicine Low- and middle-income countries Male Middle Aged Obstetrics and Gynecology Prevalence Risk Factors SAGE Socioeconomic Factors World Health Organization frailty index SAGE low- and middle-income countries Frail older adults disability Disability Frailty index Low- and middle-income countries
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Summary:	Highlights • Estimates are provided of the prevalence of frailty and disability in older adult populations in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa. • Their relationship of prevalence to socioeconomic factors in these six countries is also examined. • The study provides prevalence estimates in settings where data on frailty and disability among older adults on a country-wide scale may be unavailable. • Frailty and disability in older adult populations are compared across high-, middle- and low-income countries.
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ISSN:	0378-5122 1873-4111
DOI:	10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.05.012