Article
Prospective association of the SHARE-operationalized frailty phenotype with adverse health outcomes: evidence from 60+ community-dwelling Europeans living in 11 countries.
BMC geriatrics - 3 Jan 2013
Macklai Nejma S, Spagnoli Jacques, Junod Julien, Santos-Eggimann Brigitte
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Among the many definitions of frailty, the frailty phenotype defined by Fried et al. is one of few constructs that has been repeatedly validated: first in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) and subsequently in other large cohorts in the North America. In Europe, the Survey of Healt...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.