title: Global Prevalence of Physical Frailty by Fried's Criteria in Community-Dwelling Elderly With National Population-Based Surveys.
abstract: This study presents a brief review of 6 articles published between 2001 and 2014 that examined the prevalence of frailty as defined by the Fried scale in community-dwelling adults representative of the national population, age 65 years and older.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jaekyung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Research Institute of Medical Science, Konkuk University Medical Center, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Ahleum
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sunyoung
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. Electronic address: chunwon62@naver.com.
authors.forename: Chang Won
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Won
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Frailty; Fried scale