4/12/2014
Autori: Di Bari M, Profili F, Bandinelli S, Salvioni A, Mossello E, Corridori C, Razzanelli M, Di Fiandra T, Francesconi P.
Rivista: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2014 Oct;62(10):1933-7




OBJECTIVES: To develop and test a postal screening questionnaire to intercept frailty in older community-dwelling individuals.

DESIGN: A questionnaire was developed on the basis of expert consensus and preliminarily tested against the occurrence of incident disability, in secondary analyses of previous epidemiological studies. The questionnaire was then mailed and its concurrent validity, defined from the association between its individual items and summary score and the presence of the Fried frailty phenotype (FFP), was subsequently evaluated cross-sectionally with in-person examination of initial participants.

SETTING: Community-based. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals aged 70 and older living in two communities near Florence, Italy.

MEASUREMENTS: A home comprehensive geriatric assessment including the FFP was conducted in participants who screened positive for frailty and in a limited sample of negative responders.

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