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SynthesisJournal of epidemiology2017

Prevalence of frailty in Japan: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gotaro Kojima, Steve Iliffe, Yu Taniguchi, Hiroyuki Shimada, Hiromi Rakugi, Kate Walters

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Synthesis in Journal of epidemiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 189 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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189 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between smoking and the incidence of frailty.Neuropsychiatrie : Klinik, Diagnostik, Therapie und Rehabilitation : Organ der Gesellschaft Osterreichischer Nervenarzte und Psychiater · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Gotaro KojimaDepartment of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom. Electronic address: gotarokojima@yahoo.co.jp.
Steve IliffeDepartment of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Yu TaniguchiResearch Team for Social Participation and Community Health, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroyuki ShimadaSection for Health Promotion, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan.
Hiromi RakugiDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kate WaltersDepartment of Primary Care and Population Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Japan's population is aging more rapidly than that of any other country. Frailty has recently been recognized as an important priority. Understanding the basic epidemiology of frailty in Japan, which is an example of a rapidly aging society, will be beneficial for Japan as well as other countries expecting an aging population. A systematic literature search of 11 electronic databases was conducted in March 2016 using a comprehensive set of Medical Subject Heading and text terms for any studies published in 2000 or later that report the prevalence of frailty among Japanese community-dwelling older people aged 65 years or older. A total of 1529 studies were identified in the systematic search, of which five studies were included in this review. The pooled prevalence of frailty, prefrailty, and robustness was 7.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.1%-9.0%), 48.1% (95% CI, 41.6%-54.8%), and 44.4% (95% CI, 37.2%-51.7%), respectively. A significant degree of heterogeneity was observed. There was no evidence of publication bias. Age-stratified meta-analyses of four studies showed the pooled prevalence of frailty was 1.9%, 3.8%, 10.0%, 20.4%, and 35.1% for those aged 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, and ≥85 years, respectively. Pooled prevalence of frailty was 8.1% for women and 7.6% for men. This review showed an overall pooled prevalence of frailty among Japanese community-dwelling older people of 7.4%. The age-stratified analysis suggested that Japanese older people are less frail before their late 70's but frailer in later life than older people in other countries. These findings provide important basic information for all parties involved in Japanese frailty research.

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AgedAged, 80 and overFrail ElderlyHumansJapanPrevalenceCommunity-dwelling older peopleFrailtyJapanPrevalence

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PMCPMC5549151

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