Prevalence of frailty on clinical wards: Description and implications

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-19

  Andela, Richt M ^a,b   Dijkstra, Ate ^a,c   Slaets, Joris P J ^a   Sanderman, Robbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^c Healthcare Group Noorderbreedte   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Frail elderly; Geriatrics; Patient admission; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77952293949     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01807.x     Document Type: Article

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