Tiredness in daily activities: A subjective measure for the identification of frailty among non-disabled community-living older adults

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-93

  Schultz Larsen, Kirsten ^a,b,c   Avlund, Kirsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADL); Disability in elderly; Frailty of the elderly; Mortality; Subjective measures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; VITAL STATISTICS; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33751034327     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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