Identification of community-dwelling older adults at risk of frailty using the PERSSILAA screening pathway: a methodological guide and results of a large-scale deployment in the Netherlands
Background: Among community-dwelling older adults, frailty is highly prevalent and recognized as a major public health concern. To prevent frailty it is important to identify those at risk of becoming frail, but at present, no accepted screening procedure is available. Methods: The screening process developed as part of the PERSSILAA project is a two-step screening pathway. First, older adults are asked to complete a self-screening questionnaire to assess their general health status and their level of decline on physical, cognitive and nutritional domains. Second, older adults who, according t... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article (peer-reviewed) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
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BMC
part of Springer Nature |
Schlagwörter: | Older adults / Primary prevention / Frail / Pre-frail / Screening / Outcome |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29195263 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/10468/8708 |