Frailty syndrome diagnosed according to the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) criteria and adverse health outcomes among community-dwelling older outpatients in Italy. A one-year prospective cohort study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Bilotta, Claudio ^a,b,c   Nicolini, Paola ^a,b   Casè, Alessandra ^a   Pina, Gloria ^a   Rossi, Silvia ^a   Vergani, Carlo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Death; Disability; Falls; Frailty; Hospital admission; Older outpatients

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY SYNDROME; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDY OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE INDEX;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 84857056397     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.06.037     Document Type: Article

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