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Revisiting the hypothesis of syndromic frailty: a cross-sectional study of the structural validity of the frailty phenotype.
BMC geriatrics - 27 Oct 2020
Béland François, Julien Dominic, Wolfson Christina, Bergman Howard, Gaudreau Pierrette, Galand Claude, Fletcher John, Zunzunegui Maria-Victoria, Shatenstein Bryna, Kergoat Marie-Jeanne, Morais José A, Fülöp Tamàs
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fried's Phenotype Model of Frailty (PMF) postulates that frailty is a syndrome. Features of a syndrome are a heterogeneous population that can be split into at least two classes, those presenting and those not presenting the syndrome. Syndromes are characterized by a specific mixture of signs and symptoms which increase in prevalence, from less to more severe classes. So far, the null hypothesis of...
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