How to construct a frailty index from an existing dataset in 10 steps

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Olga Theou · Dalhousie University

Clove Haviva · Dalhousie University

Lindsay Wallace · Dalhousie University

Samuel D. Searle · Dalhousie University

Kenneth Rockwood · Dalhousie University

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This 10-step procedure can be used as a template to create one continuous health variable. The resulting high-information variable is suitable for use as an exposure, predictor or control variable, or an outcome measure of overall health and ageing.

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

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Published in: Age and Ageing

Volume 52, Issue 12

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afad221

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How to construct a frailty index from an existing dataset in 10 steps

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