Frailty predicts trajectories of quality of life over time among British community-dwelling older people

Purpose: To investigate associations between baseline frailty status and subsequent changes in QOL over time among community-dwelling older people. Methods: Among 363 community-dwelling older people ≥65 years, frailty was measured using Frailty Index (FI) constructed from 40 deficits at basel...

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Main Authors: Kojima, Gotaro, Iliffe, Steve, Morris, Richard.W., Taniguchi, Yu, Kendrick, Denise, Skelton, Dawn A., Masud, Tahir, Bowling, Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2016
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28315/
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/28315/1/Kojima%20Qual%20Life%20Res%2002016.pdf