Background Frailty, determined by the Canadian Study of Health and Aging-Clinical Frailty
Scale (CFS), is strongly associated with clinical outcomes including mortality in patients with …

Background Frailty is a physiological condition characterized by a decreased reserve to
stressors. In patients with COVID-19, frailty is a risk factor for in-hospital mortality. The aim of …

Background Frail patients are increasingly vulnerable to stress, which is mainly manifested
by a reduced physiologic reserve in metabolic and immune systems and neuromuscular …

Background COVID-19 has resulted in the largest pandemic experienced since 1918,
accounting for over 2 million deaths globally. Frail and older people are at the highest risk of …

Purpose of the study We explored potential predictive variables associated with outcomes
using baseline clinical parameters of 500 hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in a single …

Background & aims Sarcopenia, frailty, and COVID-19 appear to be intertwined. Preventive
and intervention measures are required to break this link and mitigate the consequences of …

Background: Due to the unpredictable nature of COVID-19, there is a need to identify
patients at high risk of severe course of the disease and a higher mortality rate. Objective …

Objectives To determine the association between frailty and short-term mortality in older
adults hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Design Retrospective single …

Background Observational data during the pandemic have demonstrated mixed
associations between frailty and mortality. Aim To examine associations between frailty and …

Background Older people hospitalized for COVID-19 are at highest risk of death. Frailty
Assessment can detect heterogeneity in risk among people of the same chronological age …