A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

D. Searle, Samuel; Mitnitski, Arnold; A. Gahbauer, Evelyne; M. Gill, Thomas; Rockwood, Kenneth

doi:10.1186/1471-2318-8-24

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A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

Published in BMC Geriatrics • Sep 30, 2008

Authors:

Samuel D. Searle

Arnold Mitnitski

Evelyne A. Gahbauer

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Frailty can be measured in relation to the accumulation of deficits using a frailty index. A frailty index can be developed from most ageing databases. Our objective is to systematically describe a standard procedure for constructing a frailty index. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis...

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Medicine

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Confidence interval

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