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

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Héctor Fernando Hernández-Ruiz

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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