A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

BACKGROUND: Frailty can be measured in relation to the accumulation of deficits using a frailty index. A frailty index can be developed from most ageing databases. Our objective is to systematically describe a standard procedure for constructing a frailty index. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis...

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Autores principales: Searle, Samuel D, Mitnitski, Arnold, Gahbauer, Evelyne A, Gill, Thomas M, Rockwood, Kenneth
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2573877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-8-24

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2573877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826625
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-8-24

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