FIFE is a valid instrument. FIFE can be used to study the relationships among frailty determinants, provide standardized measurement, and develop and measure interventional studies.
The term frailty is often used to describe a subset of the older population with complex health issues. It is associated with dependence, disability, increased health care use, and mortality. An emergent problem is the lack of consensus as to the etiology and definition of frailty. The purpose of this concept analysis is to clarify the concept of frailty in the context of older adults and propose a definition of frailty that may be relevant to identification of frail older adults. The results from this analysis conclude frailty in older adults is a tenuous state of health that is the result of the complex interplay of physiological, psychosocial, and environmental stressors that increases an older adult's susceptibility to adverse health outcomes.
The impact of comorbidities on the care and outcomes of adults coping with multiple chronic conditions is limited by heterogeneous and ambiguous usage. While analytic techniques have become more sophisticated, continued lack of meaningful conceptualization and instrument use has limited maturation of this important concept for research, practice and policy purposes.
This study aimed to translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of a Chinese version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire for Children (DEBQ-C) among Taiwanese preadolescents. Consisting of three subscales (emotional, restrained, and external eating), the DEBQ-C is used to measure
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