Prevalence of frailty and prefrailty among community-dwelling older adults in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To systematically review the research conducted on prevalence of frailty and prefrailty among community-dwelling older adults in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) and to estimate the pooled prevalence of frailty and prefrailty in community-dwelling older adults in LMICs.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis. PROSPERO registration number is CRD42016036083.

Data sources

MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, Web of Science, CINAHL and WHO Global Health Library were searched from their inception to 12 September 2017.

Setting

Low-income and middle-income countries.

Participants

Community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years.

Results

We screened 7057 citations and 56 studies were included. Forty-seven and 42 studies were included in the fr

SUBMITTER: Siriwardhana DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855322 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature