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Validation of an index to estimate the prevalence of frailty among community-dwelling seniors / by Melanie Hoover, Michelle Rotermann, Claudia Sanmartin and Julie Bernier.: CS82-003/2013-9-2E-PDF

"This study validates cut-points for a frailty index (FI) to identify seniors at risk of a hospital-related event and estimates the number of frail seniors living in the community. The FI developed by Rockwood and Mitnitski defines levels of frailty based on scores of 0 to 1.0. The cut-point validation was conducted using Stratum-Specific Likelihood Ratios applied to combined 2003 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) data, linked to hospital records from the Discharge Abstract Database (2002 to 2007). Based on the validated cut-points, frailty prevalence was estimated using 2009/2010 CCHS data. …"--Abstract, page 10.

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Department/Agency
  • Statistics Canada, issuing body.
TitleValidation of an index to estimate the prevalence of frailty among community-dwelling seniors / by Melanie Hoover, Michelle Rotermann, Claudia Sanmartin and Julie Bernier.
Series title
  • Health reports, 1209-1367 ; v. 24, no. 9, [2]
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Issued also in French under title: Validation d'un indice pour estimer la prévalence de la fragilité chez les personnes âgées vivant dans la collectivité.
  • ISSN of series supplied from ISSN Portal.
  • "Component of Statistics Canada catalogue no. 82-003-X, Health Reports."
  • "Article."
  • "Methodological insights."
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 17).
Publishing information
  • [Ottawa] : Statistics Canada = Statistique Canada, September 2013.
  • ©2013
Author / Contributor
  • Hoover, Melanie, author.
Description1 online resource (pages 10-17) : illustration.
Catalogue number
  • CS82-003/2013-9-2E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number82-003-X
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