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Feasibility and acceptability of commonly used screening instruments to identify frailty among community-dwelling older people: a mixed methods study

BACKGROUND: Frailty exposes older people to an elevated risk of a range of negative outcomes. Emerging evidence that frailty can be effectively treated within community settings has stimulated calls for more proactive screening within primary care. Assessing feasibility is a critical preliminary ste...

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Autores principales: Ambagtsheer, Rachel C., Archibald, Mandy M., Lawless, Michael, Kitson, Alison, Beilby, Justin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7178952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32321431
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01551-6