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Vulnerability in elderly patients with gastrointestinal cancer--translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the European Portuguese version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13).
BMC Cancer
October 2015
The University of Los Angeles Borun Center, The VA Greater Los Angeles GRECC and RAND Santa Monica, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, Suite 2339, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Background: "Vulnerable Elders Survey" (VES-13) is a questionnaire accurate in predicting functional decline and highly correlated with comprehensive geriatric assessment in identifying vulnerable elderly. The purpose of this study was to translate, cultural adapt and validate the first Portuguese cross-cultural version of VES-13 and to estimate the prevalence of vulnerability in Portuguese elderly gastrointestinal (GI) cancer patients.
Methods: VES-13 European Portuguese translation and cultural adaptation was developed according to internationally accepted guidelines.