Using an accumulation of deficits approach to measure frailty in a population of home care users with intellectual and developmental disabilities: an analytical descriptive study

BACKGROUND: The aging population of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) is growing. In the general aging population, frailty is commonly used to predict adverse health outcomes, including hospital use, death, and admission to long-term care. However, existing frailty measur...

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Autores principales: McKenzie, Katherine, Ouellette-Kuntz, Hélène, Martin, Lynn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26678519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0170-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4683739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26678519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0170-5

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