The prevalence and related factors of social frailty in older adults: A low‐ and middle‐income country perspective
Social frailty was more prevalent than physical frailty among Turkish older adults, reaching 24%. Advanced age, depression, physical frailty and being unmarried were strongly related factors to social frailty.
Authors
- Esra Çataltepe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1356-6700)
- Fatih Güngör
- Nermin Karakurt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5611-5884)
- Hacer Doğan Varan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-1162)
- Eda Çeker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2698-5242)
- Ayşe Fadıloğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0249-7677)
Institutions
- Gazi University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australasian Journal on Ageing
- Published
- 2025-01-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.13409
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.02