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Polypharmacy may affect frailty, a common and costly condition among older adults. Frailty prevalence is elevated among racial/ethnic minorities and persons living in the US South, and research is needed… Click to show full abstract
Polypharmacy may affect frailty, a common and costly condition among older adults. Frailty prevalence is elevated among racial/ethnic minorities and persons living in the US South, and research is needed to inform future pharmacologic interventions in these populations. Our aim was to quantify the prevalence of frailty and polypharmacy, and to estimate the association between polypharmacy and incident frailty.
Keywords:
frailty longitudinal;
incident frailty;
longitudinal community;
polypharmacy incident;
frailty;
polypharmacy
Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2019
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