The frail older person does not exist: development of frailty profiles with latent class analysis

The frail older person does not exist: development of frailty profiles with latent class analysis

Abstract Background A fundamental issue in elderly care is targeting those older people at risk and in need of care interventions. Frailty is widely used to capture variations in health risks but there is no general consensus on the conceptualization of frailty. Indeed, there is considerable heterog...

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Main Authors: W. M. Looman, I. N. Fabbricotti, J. W. Blom, A. P. D. Jansen, J. E. Lutomski, S. F. Metzelthin, R. Huijsman, on behalf of the TOPICS-MDS Research Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Frailty
Older people
Profiles
Latent class analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-018-0776-5

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