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A self-reported screening tool for detecting community-dwelling older persons with frailty syndrome in the absence of mobility disability: the FiND questionnaire.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Cesari Matteo, Demougeot Laurent, Boccalon Henri, Guyonnet Sophie, Abellan Van Kan Gabor, Vellas Bruno, Andrieu Sandrine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The "frailty syndrome" (a geriatric multidimensional condition characterized by decreased reserve and diminished resistance to stressors) represents a promising target of preventive interventions against disability in elders. Available screening tools for the identification of frailty in the absence of disability present major limitations. In particular, they have to be administered by a trained...
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