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SUBMITTER: Siriwardhana DD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352797 | biostudies-other | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
BMJ open 20190125 1
<h4>Objective</h4>Our main objective was to describe the prevalence and associated sociodemographic factors of frailty and pre-frailty in rural community-dwelling older adults in Kegalle district of Sri Lanka.<h4>Design</h4>Community-based cross-sectional study.<h4>Setting</h4>The study was conducted in rural areas of Kegalle district in Sri Lanka.<h4>Participants</h4>A total of 746 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years were included in the study.<h4>Results</h4>The prevalence of frailt ...[more]