The predictive validity of the tilburg frailty indicator: Disability, health care utilization, and quality of life in a population at risk

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 619-631

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

^a ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disability; Frailty; Health care utilization; Predictive validity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84867409637     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr135     Document Type: Article

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