Investigating Measurement Properties of the Groningen Frailty Indicator: A More Systematic Approach is Needed

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 757-758

  Hoogendijk, Emiel O ^a   van Hout, Hein P J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRONINGEN FRAILTY INDICATOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84866768497     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.06.008     Document Type: Letter

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