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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...
Autores principales: | McKenzie, Katherine, Ouellette-Kuntz, Hélène, Martin, Lynn |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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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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