Association of frailty with functional difficulty in older Ghanaians: stability between women and men in two samples with different income levels
The association of frailty with functional difficulty was consistent between low- and higher-income samples, although the strength of the relationship differed between these samples. In both income samples, the foregoing relationship was consistent between men and women, although the strength of the relationship differed between men and women.
Authors
- Edgar Ramos Vieira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1011-5077)
- Nestor Asiamah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-6430)
- Reginald Arthur-Mensah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5727-4884)
- Peter Hjorth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7548-5848)
- Cosmos Yarfi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0798-7552)
- Hafiz T. A. Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1817-3730)
- Faith Muhonja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-2672)
- Emelia Danquah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0429-1074)
- Simon Mawulorm Agyemang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0420-2879)
Institutions
- University of Essex (GB)
- University of West London (GB)
- University of Southern Denmark (DK)
- Florida International University (US)
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
- Africa Center (US)
- Pentecost University College (GH)
- Presbyterian University, Ghana (GH)
- Amref Health Africa (KE)
- Koforidua Technical University (GH)
- Abetifi Presbyterian College of Education
- University of Applied Sciences Europe (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05534-9
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.34