Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the association between physical frailty and
social functioning among older adults, cross-sectionally and prospectively over 3 years …

ObjectivesPhysical health and, in particular, frailty may be associated with psychological
factors among older adults. We aimed to investigate the relationships between aspects of …

Background Frailty remains an elusive concept despite many efforts to define and measure
it. The difficulty in translating the clinical profile of frail elderly people into a quantifiable …

Background Frailty is a syndrome commonly associated with old age. Social relationships
are an essential determinant of frailty progression, and frailty can negatively affect social …

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate psychosocial variables associated with
frailty status. Moreover, gender differences in the psychosocial variables associated with …

Background and aims: The term frailty is used to describe older persons at high risk for
adverse health outcomes. In 2001, Fried et al. proposed a now widely cited definition which …

To investigate the prevalence of frailty in a Dutch elderly population and to identify adverse
health outcomes associated with the frailty phenotype independent of the comorbidities …

Objectives Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome of loss of reserves in energy, physical
ability, cognition and general health. Primary care is key in preventing and managing frailty …

Objective Though the association between physical frailty and health is well established,
little is known about its association with other domains of quality of life (QoL). This study …

Objectives To systematically compare and pool the prevalence of frailty, including prefrailty,
reported in community‐dwelling older people overall and according to sex, age, and …