Comparing frailty measures in their ability to predict adverse outcome among older residents of assisted living

BACKGROUND: Few studies have directly compared the competing approaches to identifying frailty in more vulnerable older populations. We examined the ability of two versions of a frailty index (43 vs. 83 items), the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) frailty criteria, and the CHESS scale to accurately...

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Autores principales: Hogan, David B, Freiheit, Elizabeth A, Strain, Laurel A, Patten, Scott B, Schmaltz, Heidi N, Rolfson, Darryl, Maxwell, Colleen J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22978265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-12-56

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22978265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-12-56

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