The psychometric properties of three self-report screening instruments for identifying frail older people in the community

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Metzelthin, Silke F ^a,b   Danils, Ramon ^b   Van Rossum, Erik ^a,b   De Witte, Luc ^a,b   Van Den Heuvel, Wim Ja ^a,c   Kempen, Gertrudis Ijm ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 77950373728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-176     Document Type: Article

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