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Assessment of geriatric syndromes and physical function in people living with HIV

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Pages 586-598 | Received 29 Apr 2016, Accepted 01 Oct 2016, Published online: 01 Nov 2016

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Figure 1. Geriatric Syndromes are Multifactorial and Share Risk Factors. Causes of geriatric syndromes include multiple etiologies such as physiologic changes that occur with aging, specific disease states, medications, and the environment. shows shared risk factors (bolded) of 2 geriatric syndromes falls and urinary incontinence and highlights the multifactorial etiologies of these syndromes.

Figure 1. Geriatric Syndromes are Multifactorial and Share Risk Factors. Causes of geriatric syndromes include multiple etiologies such as physiologic changes that occur with aging, specific disease states, medications, and the environment. Figure 1 shows shared risk factors (bolded) of 2 geriatric syndromes falls and urinary incontinence and highlights the multifactorial etiologies of these syndromes.

Table 1. Frailty assessment in older adults with HIV.

Table 2. Assessment of functional limitations and disability.

Table 3. Key findings of articles pertaining to assessment of frailty, falls and physical function in people living with HIV.

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