Prevalence and factors associated with frailty among community-dwelling older people in rural Thanjavur district of South India: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is sparse data on the prevalence of frailty from rural parts of India. Our aim was to estimate prevalence of frailty among community-dwelling older people in rural South Indian population and explore socio-demographic factors associated with frailty. We further explored the associations between frailty with fear of falling and falls.

Design

Community based cross-sectional study.

Setting

Four villages in Thanjavur district of Southern India.

Participants

Random sample of adults aged 60 years and above from four villages.

Methods

We sampled community-dwelling older adults from the electoral list of four villages using stratified random sampling. We report prevalence of frailty as defined by physical definition (Fried's Phenotype), accumulat

SUBMITTER: Kendhapedi KK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797472 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature