Transitions in frailty status in older adults in relation to mobility: A multistate modeling approach employing a deficit count

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 524-529

  Fallah, Nader ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^a   Searle, Samuel D ^a   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^b   Gill, Thomas M ^b   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Frailty; Frailty index; Mobility; Mortality; Multistate model

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GENDER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVOR;

AGED; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79952560934     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03300.x     Document Type: Article

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