A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

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Authors

Kenneth Rockwood · Capital District Health Authority

Abstract

A systematic process for creating a frailty index, which relates deficit accumulation to the individual risk of death, showed reproducible properties in the Yale Precipitating Events Project cohort study. This method of quantifying frailty can aid our understanding of frailty-related health characteristics in older adults.

Topics & Keywords

Frailty in Older Adults Nutrition and Health in Aging Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Geriatrics

Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 24-24

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-24

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