Frailty is associated with sociodemographic and health factors and related to the care context of older caregivers: a Brazilian cross-sectional study.

Marcela Naiara Graciani Fumagale Macedo Élen Dos Santos Alves Isabela Thaís Machado de Jesus Keika Inouye Tabatta Renata Pereira de Brito Ariene Angelini Dos Santos Orlandi

Published in: Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina (2022)

Older caregivers without a partner, with severe depressive symptoms and cognitive changes, who cared for their parents, and had higher levels of burden, presented a higher proportion of frailty.

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