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Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI)
Frailty is an indicator of risk of poor health outcomes (e.g. mortality, institutionalization, hospitalization, and functional decline) in the elderly.
The Groningen Frailty Indicator is a self-assessment instrument designed to measure frailty in the elderly from a multidimensional perspective. The GFI was validated in the population of elderly participants in Lifelines 1).
The following GFI-variables were collected:
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Peters, L.L., Boter, H., Burgerhof, J.G.M., Slaets, J.P.J., and Buskens, E. (2015). Construct validity of the Groningen Frailty Indicator established in a large sample of home-dwelling elderly persons: Evidence of stability across age and gender. Exp. Gerontol. 69, 129–141
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