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Assessing Frailty with the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI): A Review of Reliability and Validity.

Robbert J J GobbensIzabella Uchmanowicz
Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2021)
Since population aging is occurring all over the world, it is important that the TFI is available and well known that it is a user-friendly instrument for assessing frailty and its psychometric properties being qualified as good. The findings of this assessment can support health-care professionals in selecting interventions to reduce frailty and delay its adverse outcomes, such as disability and lower quality of life.
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