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A Prevalence Study of the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Dependency among the Elderly in Four Districts in Selangor, Malaysia

  • EBW. Puteh S
  • Bakar I
  • Borhanuddin B
  • et al.
Journal of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (2015) 1(2)
DOI: 10.19104/jepm.2015.110
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Abstract

Introduction: Similar to many other developing countries worldwide, Malaysia is currently experiencing a demographic transition towards an ageing population. This situation leads to an increasing number of disabled individuals in the population. The present study investigated the epidemiology of activities of daily living (ADL) dependency among the elderly in one of the highest urbanized state in Malaysia i.e. the state of Selangor.

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EBW. Puteh, S., Bakar, I. MA., Borhanuddin, B., Latiff, K., Amin, R. M., & Su, R. (2015). A Prevalence Study of the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Dependency among the Elderly in Four Districts in Selangor, Malaysia. Journal of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.19104/jepm.2015.110

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