Reduced Health-Related Quality of Life in Elders with Frailty: A Cross-Sectional Study of Community-Dwelling Elders in Taiwan

• Cheng-Chieh Lin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chia-Ing Li

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Medical Research, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Health Care Administration, College of Public Health, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Health Science, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chia-Ing Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cheng-Chieh Lin, Chia-Ing Li

  Affiliation Medical Research, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chiu-Kai Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chiu-Shong Liu ,

  * E-mail: tcli@mail.cmu.edu.tw (T-CL); iucs@ms14.hinet.net (C-SL); feina@mail.cmu.edu.tw (F-NC)

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Medical Research, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Chih-Hsueh Lin,

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Nai-Hsin Meng,

  Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Yih-Dar Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Medical College, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Bristol-Myers Squibb (Taiwan) Ltd, Global Development & Medical Affair, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Fei-Na Chen ,

  * E-mail: tcli@mail.cmu.edu.tw (T-CL); iucs@ms14.hinet.net (C-SL); feina@mail.cmu.edu.tw (F-NC)

  Affiliation School of Medicine, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Tsai-Chung Li

  * E-mail: tcli@mail.cmu.edu.tw (T-CL); iucs@ms14.hinet.net (C-SL); feina@mail.cmu.edu.tw (F-NC)

  Affiliations Institute of Health Care Administration, College of Public Health, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Biostatistics & Chinese Medicine Science, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Biostatistics Center, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

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