Frailty Index and Mortality in Nursing Home Residents in France: Results From the INCUR Study

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 603-606

  Tabue Teguo, Maturin ^a,b   Kelaiditi, Eirini ^c   Demougeot, Laurent ^c   Dartigues, Jean François ^a   Vellas, Bruno ^c,d   Cesari, Matteo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Villeneuve sur Lot   (France)

^c TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Epidemiology; Frailty Index; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY INDEX; FRANCE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; VERY ELDERLY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAIL ELDERLY; TRENDS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84931573117     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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