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Incorporating Persistent Pain in Phenotypic Frailty Measurement and Prediction of Adverse Health Outcomes.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences - 1 Feb 2017
Lohman Matthew C, Whiteman Karen L, Greenberg Rebecca L, Bruce Martha L
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BACKGROUND: Frailty, a syndrome of physiological deficits, is prevalent among older adults and predicts elevated risk of adverse health outcomes. Although persistent pain predicts similar risk, it is seldom considered in frailty measurement. This article evaluated the construct and predictive validity of including persistent pain in phenotypic frailty measurement. METHODS: Frailty and persistent pain were...
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