How many older people are frail? Using multiple imputation to investigate frailty in the population

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 439.e1-439.e7

  McCaul, Kieran A ^a,b   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,c,d   Norman, Paul E ^c   Yeap, Bu B ^b,e   Hankey, Graeme J ^b,d   Golledge, Jon ^f   Flicker, Leon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged 70 and older; Frailty; Multiple imputation; Older men

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE COURSE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; DISABLED PERSON; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84928695341     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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