Frailty screening in the community using the FRAIL scale

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 412-419

  Woo, Jean ^a   Yu, Ruby ^a   Wong, Moses ^a   Yeung, Fannie ^a   Wong, Martin ^a   Lum, Christopher ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Falls; FRAIL scale; Mild cognitive impairment; Physical function; Sarcopenia; Screening

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED MEMORY INVENTORY FOR THE CHINESE; ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAIL SCALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MINI NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT SHORT FORM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SARC F QUESTIONNAIRE; SARCOPENIA; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SLEEP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928694841     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.01.087     Document Type: Article

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