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A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people

Overview of attention for article published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, August 2005
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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12 news outlets
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3 blogs
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12 policy sources
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166 X users
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3 patents
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1 Facebook page
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1 Wikipedia page
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1 YouTube creator

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Title
A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people
Published in
Canadian Medical Association Journal, August 2005
DOI 10.1503/cmaj.050051
Pubmed ID
Authors

Kenneth Rockwood, Xiaowei Song, Chris MacKnight, Howard Bergman, David B Hogan, Ian McDowell, Arnold Mitnitski

Abstract

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools to assess frailty that have been shown to be predictive of death or need for entry into an institutional facility have not gained acceptance among practising clinicians. We aimed to develop a tool that would be both predictive and easy to use.

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Mendeley readers

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 10 <1%
United Kingdom 10 <1%
Canada 6 <1%
Spain 3 <1%
Netherlands 2 <1%
Mexico 2 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 3323 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 417 12%
Student > Master 399 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 323 10%
Student > Bachelor 313 9%
Other 273 8%
Other 711 21%
Unknown 924 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 1343 40%
Nursing and Health Professions 315 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 87 3%
Social Sciences 78 2%
Psychology 72 2%
Other 370 11%
Unknown 1095 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 247. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 December 2023.
All research outputs
#151,693
of 25,546,214 outputs
Outputs from Canadian Medical Association Journal
#274
of 9,498 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#135
of 69,045 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Canadian Medical Association Journal
#1
of 47 outputs
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