Multidimensional structure of the Groningen Frailty Indicator in community-dwelling older people

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bielderman, Annemiek ^a   Van Der Schans, Cees P ^a   Van Lieshout, Marie Rose J ^b,c   De Greef, Mathieu H G ^a,d   Boersma, Froukje ^e   Krijnen, Wim P ^a   Steverink, Nardi ^d,e  

^a HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b Practice for Physical Therapy Weustink   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frailty; Measurement; Older adults; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84882470301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-86     Document Type: Article

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