Psychometric properties of the brazilian version of the tilburg frailty indicator (TFI)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-45

  Santiago, Lívia Maria ^a,b   Luz, Laércio Lima ^b   Mattos, Inês Echenique ^b   Gobbens, Robbert J J ^c,d   van Assen, Marcel A L M ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Frailty; Measurement instrument; Older people; Psychometric properties; TFI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FRAILTY; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SNELLEN CHART; SYNDROME; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TILBURG FRAILTY INDICATOR; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WHISPER TEST;

AGED; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84876485825     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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