Screening for frailty in older adults using a postal questionnaire: Rationale, methods, and instruments validation of the INTER-FRAIL study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1933-1937

  Di Bari, Mauro ^a,b   Profili, Francesco ^c   Bandinelli, Stefania ^d   Salvioni, Anna ^d   Mossello, Enrico ^a,b   Corridori, Carla ^e   Razzanelli, Matilde ^c   Di Fiandra, Teresa ^f   Francesconi, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^d SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e Azienda USL 7   (Italy)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

frailty; postal questionnaire; screening

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXHAUSTION; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRIED FRAILTY PHENOTYPE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHENOTYPE; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL WORKER; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; PROCEDURES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84911965211     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13029     Document Type: Article

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