Can proxy assessments serve as a first screener for identifying people at risk for multidimensional frailty?

Anne van der VorstG A Rixt ZijlstraNico De WitteJan De LepeleireGertrudis I J M KempenJos M G A Scholsnull null

Published in: European geriatric medicine (2018)

Global proxy scores as short, subjective screeners for detecting frailty cannot completely replace self-reported frailty. Nonetheless, low to moderate correlations were found for physical and psychological frailty ratings, suggesting that proxy scores might be of value as a first sign of something being wrong for these domains.

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