Validation of the Comprehensive Frailty Assessment Instrument against the Tilburg Frailty Indicator

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 248-254

  De Witte, N ^a,b   Gobbens, R ^b,c   De Donder, L ^d   Dury, S ^b   Buffel, T ^b   Verte D ^b   Schols, J M G A ^e  

^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 care; Elderly; Frail elderly; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSIVE FRAILTY ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TILBURG FRAILTY INDICATOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84883895551     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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