Looking for frailty in community-dwelling older persons: The Gerontopole Frailty Screening Tool (GFST)

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 629-631

  Vellas, B ^a,b,c   Balardy, L ^a,b   Gillette Guyonnet, S ^a,b,c   Abellan Van Kan, G ^a,c   Ghisolfi Marque, A ^a,c   Subra, J ^c   Bismuth, S ^c   Oustric, S ^c   Cesari, Matteo ^a,b,c  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

elderly; frailty; Preventive medicine; primary care; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY LIVING; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERONTOPOLE FRAILTY SCREENING TOOL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL DISEASE BY BODY FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84887988583     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0363-6     Document Type: Article

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