Validity and Responsiveness of the FRAIL Scale in a Longitudinal Cohort Study of Older Australian Women

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 781-783

  Gardiner, Paul A ^a   Mishra, Gita D ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Frailty; Longitudinal studies; Responsiveness; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING ASSESSMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; FRAIL SCALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-CONCEPT ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; VALIDITY; VERY ELDERLY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84940447337     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.05.005     Document Type: Article

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