Development of a frailty measure for older adults: The frailty index for elders

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-240

  Tocchi, Christine ^a   Dixon, Jane ^b   Naylor, Mary ^c   Jeon, Sangchoon ^b   McCorkle, Ruth ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; Instrument development; Older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHENIA; CAUSALITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; NURSING HOMES; PHILADELPHIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907608035     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.22.2.223     Document Type: Article

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