Identifying common characteristics of frailty across seven scales

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 901-906

  Theou, Olga ^a   Brothers, Thomas D ^a   Peña, Fernando G ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aged; aged 80 and over; frail elderly; frailty; geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

70 ITEM FRAILTY INDEX; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; EDMONTON FRAIL SCALE; FEMALE; FRAIL SCALE; FRAILTY; GRONINGEN FRAILTY INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION AND HEALTH; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TILBURG FRAILTY INDICATOR;

AGED; AGED 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84900798551     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12773     Document Type: Article

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