What is the frailty in elderly? Value and significance of the multidimensional assessments

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-26

  Malaguarnera, Michele ^a   Vacante, Marco ^a   Frazzetto, Paola Mariangela ^a   Motta, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADL); Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA); Elderly frailty (EF); Frailty Index (FI); Multidimensional evaluation (MDE)

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 84869503919     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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