Clinical global impression of change in physical frailty: Development of a measure based on clinical judgment

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1560-1566

  Studenski, Stephanie ^a,h   Hayes, Risa P ^b   Leibowitz, Ruth Q ^c   Bode, Rita ^d   Lavery, Laurie ^a   Walston, Jeremy ^e   Duncan, Pamela ^f   Perera, Subashan ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c Clinical Microbiology   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^h Division of Geriatric Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clinical global impression of change; Frailty; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION OF CHANGE IN PHYSICAL FRAILTY INSTRUMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; ENDURANCE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOTONEURON; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRENGTH; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 4444352300     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52423.x     Document Type: Review

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