dc.contributor.author | Siriwardhana, D.D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Weerasinghe, M.C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rait, G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Falcaro, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Scholes, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Walters, K. R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-25T04:27:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-25T04:27:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | BMJ Open. 2019;9(1):e026314 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2044-6055 (Electronic) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/19998 | |
dc.description | Indexed in Medline | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVE: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.DESIGN:Community-based cross-sectional study. SETTING: The study was conducted in rural areas of Kegalle district in Sri Lanka. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 746 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥60 years were included in the study. RESULTS: The prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty in rural Kegalle district was 15.2% (95% CI 12.3% to 18.6%) and 48.5% (95% CI 43.8% to 53.2%), respectively. We found a strong association between age and both frailty and pre-frailty. There were strong associations between longest-held occupation and frailty and education level and pre-frailty. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of frailty in this rural Sri Lankan older population was high compared with high-income and upper middle-income countries. The profile of health and social care services in Sri Lanka needs to address frailty and its consequences | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group Ltd | en_US |
dc.subject | Epidemiology | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence of frailty in rural community-dwelling older adults in Kegalle district of Sri Lanka: a population-based cross-sectional study. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |