The SHARE frailty instrument for primary care predicts incident disability in a European population-based sample

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 301-309

  Romero Ortuno, Roman ^a   O'Shea, Diarmuid ^b   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Frail elderly; Persons with disabilities; Primary health care; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 82455186427     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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