Comment on article: “Sleep disturbances are associated with frailty in older adults”

Authors

  • Héctor Fernando Hernández-Ruiz <p>Universidad Nacional Aut&oacute;noma de M&eacute;xico, Facultad de Medicina, Licenciatura en Medicina. Ciudad de M&eacute;xico, M&eacute;xico</p>

Keywords:

Frail Elderly, Sleep Wake Disorders, Mexico, Cross-Sectional Studies

Abstract

The topic on sleep difficulties and its association with fraility in older adults is relevant; two issues are noted about what was published in the Revista Médica del IMSS: the research design for the association study and the sample calculation.

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Published

2019-10-16

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 2 (2019): March-April

Section

Letter to the Editor

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