Comorbidities, polypharmacy, functionality and nutritional status in Turkish community-dwelling female elderly

Bahat, Gulistan; Tufan, Fatih; BAHAT, ZÜMRÜT; Tufan, Asli; Aydın, Yücel; Akpinar, Timur; Nadir, Sevilay; Erten, Nilgun; Karan, Mehmet

doi:10.1007/s40520-014-0229-8

Comorbidities, polypharmacy, functionality and nutritional status in Turkish community-dwelling female elderly

Bahat G., Tufan F., BAHAT Z., Tufan A., Aydın Y., Akpinar T. S., ...More

AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, vol.26, no.3, pp.255-259, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 26 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1007/s40520-014-0229-8
Journal Name: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.255-259
Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background and aims Most elderly persons live in developing countries where current geriatric epidemiological data are scarce. We aimed to study major comorbidities, polypharmacy, functional and nutritional status in a Turkish community-dwelling female elderly clinic population.