Sternberg Et Al 2011 Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society

PROGRESS GERIATRICS The Identification Frailty Systematic Literature Review Shelley Sternberg MSCE Andrea Wershof Schwartz MPH Sathya Karunananthan Howard Bergman And

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PROGRESS IN GERIATRICS The Identification Of Frailty A Systematic Literature Review Shelley A Sternberg MD MSCE Andrea Wershof Schwartz MD MPH Sathya Karunananthan M Sc Howard Bergman MD And A Mark Clarfield MD ∥ An Operational Definition Of Frailty Is Important For Clini Cal Care Research And Policy Planning The Literature On The Clinical Definitions Screening Tools And Severity Mea Sures Of Frailty Were Systematically Reviewed As Part Of The Canadian Initiative On Frailty And Aging Searches Of MEDLINE From 1997 To 2009 Were Conducted And Refer Ence Lists Of Retrieved Articles Were Pearled To Identify Articles Published In English And French On The Identifica Tion Of Frailty In Community Dwelling People Aged 65 And Older Two Independent Reviewers Extracted Descriptive Information On Study Populations Frailty Criteria And Out Comes From The Selected Papers And Quality Rankings Were Assigned Of 4 334 Articles Retrieved From The Searches And 70

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