Screening for frailty in primary care: A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the frailty index in community-dwelling older people

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frailty; Older patients; Primary care; Psychometric properties; Screening; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84897633787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-27     Document Type: Article

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