The comprehensive frailty assessment instrument: Development, validity and reliability

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 274-281

  De Witte, Nico ^a,b   Gobbens, Robbert ^c,d   De Donder, Liesbeth ^b   Dury, Sarah ^b   Buffel, Tine ^b   Schols, Jos ^e   Verté, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Elderly; Frailty; Older persons; Validation study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; OLDER PERSONS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

COMMUNITY; ELDERLY; FRAILTY; OLDER PERSONS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS;

EID: 84881023600     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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