Postal screening can identify frailty and predict poor outcomes in older adults: Longitudinal data from INTER-FRAIL study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 469-474

  Mossello, Enrico ^a   Profili, Francesco ^b   Di Bari, Mauro ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^c   Razzanelli, Matilde ^b   Salvioni, Anna ^c   Corridori, Carla ^d   Di Fiandra, Teresa ^e   Francesconi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Azienda USL 7   (Italy)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frailty; Older people; Postal screening; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL FRAILTY PHENOTYPE; POSTAL SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; AGING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ITALY; MASS SCREENING; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; ITALY; LONG-TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTAL SERVICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85015251219     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw048     Document Type: Article

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