Identifying frailty: Do the Frailty Index and Groningen Frailty Indicator cover different clinical perspectives? a cross-sectional study

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Drubbel, Irene ^a   Bleijenberg, Nienke ^a   Kranenburg, Guido ^a   Eijkemans, René Jc ^a   Schuurmans, Marieke J ^a   De Wit, Niek J ^a   Numans, Mattijs E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frailty; Frailty index; Groningen frailty indicator; Primary care; Proactive care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84877910908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-64     Document Type: Article

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