Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the FRAIL Scale to Assess Frailty in Mexican Adults

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1094-1098

  Rosas Carrasco, Oscar ^a   Cruz Arenas, Esteban ^b   Parra Rodríguez, Lorena ^a   García González, Ana Isabel ^b   Contreras González, Luis Horacio ^b,c   Szlejf, Claudia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE GERIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b Hospital Angeles Mocel   (Mexico)

^c Facultad Mexicana de Medicina   (Mexico)

Author keywords

FRAIL scale; Frailty; older people; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MEXICAN; MEXICO CITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FRAILTY; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FRAILTY; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84993661478     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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