Reliability and Validity of Clinicopathological Features Associated with Frailty Syndrome in Elderly Population
Geriatrics is an applied science as its practice is an art of medicine. As a scientific discipline, there exists a potential race for measurements. Frailty stands as among poorly defined concepts in geriatric medicine. There are philosophical, circumstantial, and practical justifications behind this...
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| Formato: | Capítulo de libro |
| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/73143 |
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| Sumario: | Geriatrics is an applied science as its practice is an art of medicine. As a scientific discipline, there exists a potential race for measurements. Frailty stands as among poorly defined concepts in geriatric medicine. There are philosophical, circumstantial, and practical justifications behind this rather seemingly clinical tragedy. This chapter contributes toward reliability and validity aspects of currently applied frailty scales and indicators across different population base. It acknowledges the contribution of Fried’s frailty scale. It also describes different frailty scales and indicators tested in America, Europe, and Asia. Lastly, the chapter contrasts the popular belief behind applications of Cronbach’s α coefficient of test scores for reliability assessment in clinical research. Other research gaps are also highlighted including merging clinical research findings in geriatrics with psychosocial aspects under the emerging field of geropsychology. It also proposes a solution for usage in future studies that aim at assessing reliability of test scores in clinical and biomedical sciences. |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83968-218-6 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.93499 |