Testing an integral conceptual model of frailty

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2047-2060

  Gobbens, Robbert J ^a   van Assen, Marcel A ^b   Luijkx, Katrien G ^c   Schols, Jos M ^d  

^a ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Chronic diseases; Frailty; Integral model; Life course determinants; Nurses; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK;

EID: 84864317271     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05896.x     Document Type: Article

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