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Vulnerability in elderly patients with gastrointestinal cancer – translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the European Portuguese version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13)

BACKGROUND: “Vulnerable Elders Survey” (VES-13) is a questionnaire accurate in predicting functional decline and highly correlated with comprehensive geriatric assessment in identifying vulnerable elderly. The purpose of this study was to translate, cultural adapt and validate the first Portuguese c...

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Autores principales: Carneiro, F., Sousa, N., Azevedo, LF, Saliba, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4609118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26475578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1739-2