The selection of a screening test for frailty identification in community-dwelling older adults

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-203

  Auyeung, Tung Wai ^a   Lee, J S W ^a   Leung, J ^a   Kwok, T ^a   Woo, J ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Elderly; Frailty; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; FRIED FRAILTY INDEX; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATIGUE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WALKING;

EID: 84898959611     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0365-4     Document Type: Article

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