Frailty, With or Without Cognitive Impairment, Is a Strong Predictor of Recurrent Falls in a US Population-Representative Sample of Older Adults.
Mei-Ling GeEleanor M SimonsickBi-Rong DongJudith D KasperQian-Li XuePublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2022)
Frailty and cognitive impairment were independently associated with recurrent falls in noninstitutionalized older adults. There was a lack of synergistic effect between frailty and cognitive impairment.