A Frailty Instrument for primary care: findings from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A frailty paradigm would be useful in primary care to identify older people at risk, but appropriate metrics at that level are lacking. We created and validated a simple instrument for frailty screening in Europeans aged ≥50. Our stu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-08-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/10/57 |