Prevalence and Risk Factors for Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older People in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically assess the prevalence of frailty, including prefrailty, stratified prevalence according to frailty criteria, gender, age, and region, and the risk factors for frailty in China.

Design

We conducted a systematic literature review and meta-analysis using articles available in 8 databases including PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CINAHL Plus, China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database (CNKI), Wanfang Database, Chinese Biomedical Database (CBM), and Weipu Database (VIP).

Setting

Cross-sectional and cohort data from Chinese community.

Participants

Community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older.

Measurements

Two authors independently extracted data based upon predefined criteria. Where data were available we conducted a meta

SUBMITTER: He B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280368 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature