Frailty trends in Catalonia 2017–2021: An epidemiological study with 1.5 million people aged ≥65 years
Frailty prevalence in Catalonia increased by 36 % between 2017 and 2021; however, no clear trend was evident for frailty incidence and reversibility, while results for mortality were likely to have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Authors
- Àngel Lavado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-9864)
- Juan-Francisco Martínez-Cerdá (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6711-4956)
- Mateu Serra‐Prat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6554-9913)
- Júlia Serra-Colomer
- Mònica Papiol
- Emili Burdoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0152-2030)
- Ma. Rosario Moreno-Carmona
- Laura Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6520-4801)
- Mateu Cabré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6162-7654)
- Aida Fortuny
Institutions
- Government of Spain (ES)
- Maresme Health Consortium (ES)
- Agència de Qualitat i Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (ES)
- Hospital de Mataró (ES)
- Institut Català de la Salut (ES)
- Newbiotechnic (Spain) (ES)
- Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain) (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.09.016
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03