Development and validation of the FRAGIRE tool for assessment an older person’s risk for frailty

Abstract Background Frailty is highly prevalent in elderly people. While significant progress has been made to understand its pathogenesis process, few validated questionnaire exist to assess the multidimensional concept of frailty and to detect people frail or at risk to become frail. The objective...

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Main Authors: Dewi Vernerey, Amelie Anota, Pierre Vandel, Sophie Paget-Bailly, Michele Dion, Vanessa Bailly, Marie Bonin, Astrid Pozet, Audrey Foubert, Magdalena Benetkiewicz, Patrick Manckoundia, Franck Bonnetain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-016-0360-9