Validation of the Korean Frailty Index in community-dwelling older adults in a nationwide Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort study

Background/Aims We aimed to assess validity of the Korean Frailty Index (KFI) and the modified KFI (mKFI) in nationwide Korean population as screening measures for frailty status in older adults. Methods Analysis was performed in the records of baseline assessments of 2,886 participants in the Korea...

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Published in:	The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
Main Authors:	Hee-Won Jung, Sunyoung Kim, Chang Won Won
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2021-03-01
Subjects:	frailty illness korea elderly incontinence
Online Access:	http://www.kjim.org/upload/pdf/kjim-2019-172.pdf

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