Construct validity of the Groningen Frailty Indicator established in a large sample of home-dwelling elderly persons: Evidence of stability across age and gender

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-141

  Peters, L L ^a   Boter, H ^a   Burgerhof, J G M ^a   Slaets, J P J ^a   Buskens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Construct validity; Frailty; Groningen frailty indicator; Measures; Morbidity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DUTCHMAN; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT; GRONINGEN FRAILTY INDICATOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANK SUM TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INDEPENDENT LIVING; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84934922697     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2015.05.006     Document Type: Article

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