Validating a widely used measure of frailty: are all sub-components necessary? Evidence from the Whitehall II cohort study

There is growing interest in the measurement of frailty in older age. The most widely used measure (Fried) characterizes this syndrome using five components: exhaustion, physical activity, walking speed, grip strength, and weight loss. These components overlap, raising the possibility of using fewer...

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Autores principales: Bouillon, Kim, Sabia, Severine, Jokela, Markus, Gale, Catharine R., Singh-Manoux, Archana, Shipley, Martin J., Kivimäki, Mika, Batty, G. David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22772579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-012-9446-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3705104/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22772579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-012-9446-2

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