A comparison of frailty indexes for prediction of adverse health outcomes in an elderly cohort

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-20

  Forti, Paola ^a   Rietti, Elisa ^a   Pisacane, Nicoletta ^a   Olivelli, Valentina ^a   Maltoni, Benedetta ^a   Ravaglia, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adverse health outcomes; Frailty of elderly; Predictive accuracy; Screening tools

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FITNESS; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 80054925801     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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