Portuguese version of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator: Transcultural adaptation and psychometric validation

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 951-960

  Coelho, Tiago ^a,b   Santos, Rubim ^a   Paúl, Constança ^b   Gobbens, Robbert J J ^d   Fernandes, Lia ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c University of Porto   (Portugal)

^d ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; Tilburg Frailty Indicator; Validation study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACE VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE (CITIZEN); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TILBURG FRAILTY INDICATOR; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; INDEPENDENT LIVING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROC CURVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 84937911357     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12373     Document Type: Article

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