The psychometric qualities of the Groningen Frailty Indicator in Romanian community-dwelling old citizens

Family Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Olaroiu, Marinela ^a   Ghinescu, Minerva ^a   Naumov, Viorica ^b   Brinza, Ileana ^b   Van Den Heuvel, Wim ^c  

^a TITU MAIORESCU UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b Department of Community and Occupational Medicine University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen ^*

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment; Feasibility; Frailty; Primary health care; Romania; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRONINGEN FRAILTY INDICATOR; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PIACENZIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SENESCENCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; DISABILITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROMANIA;

EID: 84904720156     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmu022     Document Type: Article

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