A comparison of four frailty models

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 721-726

  Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Miller, Douglas K ^b,c   Morley, John E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADLs; African American; frailty; IADLs; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY FRAILTY SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY INDEX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND FRAILTY SCALE; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANEL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STUDY OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES FRAILTY SCALE; UNITED STATES;

ADLS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; FRAILTY; IADLS; MORTALITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84898794607     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12735     Document Type: Article

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