Frailty and quality of life in elderly primary health care users.

CONCLUSION: in this study, frailty syndrome was inversely proportional to the quality of life, and significantly associated with functional capacity of older adults. Physical frailty is a manageable condition which can be targeted through geriatric nursing interventions. PMID: 27355296 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27355296?dopt=Abstract

Source: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem - May 31, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Lenardt MH, Carneiro NH, Binotto MA, Willig MH, Lourenço TM, Albino J Tags: Rev Bras Enferm Source Type: research