Prevalence of frailty and its association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and resource utilization in a population of Singaporean older adults

Abstract

Frailty is common among older adults in Singapore, and it correlates with many components at the person, health and societal levels, thus highlighting the importance of individual- and population-level frailty detection and interventions in this population. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2017; 17: 1444-1454.