Detecting and categorizing frailty status in older adults using a self-report screening instrument

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Barreto, Philipe de Souto ^a   Greig, Carolyn ^b   Ferrandez, Anne Marie ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Disability; Elderly; Frailty; Health problem; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAILTY SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859813515     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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