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dc.contributor.authorGobbens, R.J.J.
dc.contributor.authorVan Assen, M.A.L.M.
dc.contributor.authorSchalk, M.J.D.
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-11T08:04:37Z
dc.date.available2015-11-11T08:04:37Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationGobbens, R.J.J., et al. 2014. The prediction of disability by self-reported physical frailty components of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI). Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 59:280-287. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494314001010].en_US
dc.identifier.issn0167-4943
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/15037
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2014.06.008
dc.description.abstractDisability is an important health outcome for older persons; it is associated with impaired quality of life, future hospitalization, and mortality. Disability also places a high burden on health care professionals and health care systems. Disability is regarded as an adverse outcome of physical frailty. The main objective of this study was to assess the predictive validity of the eight individual self-reported components of the physical frailty subscale of the TFI for activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) disability. This longitudinal study was carried out with a sample of Dutch citizens. At baseline the sample consisted at 429 people aged 65 years and older and a subset of all respondents participated again two and a half years later (N = 355, 83% response rate). The respondents completed a web-based questionnaire comprising the TFI and the Groningen Activity Restriction Scale (GARS) for measuring disability. Five components together (unintentional weakness, weakness, poor endurance, slowness, low physical activity), referring to the phenotype of Fried et al., predicted disability, even after controlling for previous disability and other background characteristics. The other three components of the physical frailty subscale of the TFI (poor balance, poor hearing, poor vision) together did not predict disability. Low physical activity predicted both total and ADL disability, and slowness both total and IADL disability. In conclusion, self-report assessment using the physical subscale of the TFI aids the prediction of future ADL and IADL disability in older persons two and a half years later.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494314001010
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2014.06.008
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectDisabilityen_US
dc.subjectFrailtyen_US
dc.subjectPhysical activityen_US
dc.subjectSlownessen_US
dc.subjectTFIen_US
dc.titleThe prediction of disability by self-reported physical frailty components of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI)en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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