Postal screening can identify frailty and predict poor outcomes in older adults: longitudinal data from INTER-FRAIL study

摘要

Objective: identification of older individuals at risk for health-related adverse outcomes (HRAO) is necessary for population-based preventive interventions. Aim of this study was to improve a previously validated postal screening questionnaire for frailty in non-disabled older subjects and to test its prognostic validity in a vast sample of older community-dwellers.