Frailty and its prediction of disability and health care utilization: The added value of interviews and physical measures following a self-report questionnaire

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 369-379

  Gobbens, Robbert J J ^a,b   van Assen, Marcel A L M ^c  

^a ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Frailty; Health care utilization; TFI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84864936093     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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