Frailty in community-dwelling older people: comparing screening instruments

• Main Authors: Jair Almeida Carneiro (Author), Andressa Samantha Oliveira Souza (Author), Luciana Colares Maia (Author), Fernanda Marques da Costa (Author), Edgar Nunes de Moraes (Author), Antônio Prates Caldeira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To compare the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) and Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index-20 (CFVI-20) instruments regarding degree of agreement and correlation and compare descriptive models with frailty-associated variables in community-dwelling older people in Brazil. METHODS: Cro...