Psychometric properties of multicomponent tools designed to assess frailty in older adults: A systematic review

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sutton, Jennifer L ^a   Gould, Rebecca L ^a   Daley, Stephanie ^b   Coulson, Mark C ^c   Ward, Emma V ^c   Butler, Aine M ^a   Nunn, Stephen P ^c   Howard, Robert J ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Frailty; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; RELIABILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84966356740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12877-016-0225-2     Document Type: Article

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