Consumer-Grade Wearable Device for Predicting Frailty in Canadian Home Care Service Clients: Prospective Observational Proof-of-Concept Study
BackgroundFrailty has detrimental health impacts on older home care clients and is associated with increased hospitalization and long-term care admission. The prevalence of frailty among home care clients is poorly understood and ranges from 4.0% to 59.1%. Although frailty screening tools exist, the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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JMIR Publications
2020-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Medical Internet Research |
Online Access: | https://www.jmir.org/2020/9/e19732 |