The Korean version of the FRAIL scale: Clinical feasibility and validity of assessing the frailty status of Korean elderly

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 594-600

  Jung, Hee Won ^a,b   Yoo, Hyun Jung ^a   Park, Si Young ^a   Kim, Sun Wook ^a,b   Choi, Jung Yeon ^a   Yoon, Sol Ji ^a   Kim, Cheol Ho ^a,b   Kim, Kwang Il ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Elderly; Frail; Geriatric assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POLYPHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; UNIVERSITY; VALIDITY; AGE; FATIGUE; FRAIL ELDERLY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEOUL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84965062183     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2014.331     Document Type: Article

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