Diagnostic test accuracy of simple instruments for identifying frailty in community-dwelling older people: a systematic review

Age and Ageing

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 148-152

  Clegg, Andrew ^a   Rogers, Luke ^b   Young, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test accuracy; Frailty; Instruments; Older people; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY DWELLING PERSON; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FRAILTY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRONINGEN FRAILTY INDEX; HUMAN; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRISMA 7; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WALKING SPEED; AGE; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84928126080     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/AGEING/AFU157     Document Type: Review

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