… to define frailty in a clinically meaningful manner has remained elusive, however. Frailty
can … University have developed objective criteria for the diagnosis of frailty [3, 4]. These are: …

… major frailty models have been described in the literature. The frailty phenotype defines frailty
… The frailty index defines frailty as cumulative deficits identified in a comprehensive geriatric …

… Rockwood and colleagues (9) suggested that the essential feature of frailty is the “notion of
… frailty etiologically using a mathematical chaos theory approach suggesting that frailty occurs …

… In landmark studies, investigators have developed valid models of frailty and these … frailty
and adverse health outcomes. We need to develop more efficient methods to detect frailty and …

… , agreement on a standard instrument to identify frailty has not yet been achieved. In this …
of frailty, the usefulness of the frailty concept in clinical practice, potential targets for frailty …

… The term “frailty” is used loosely to describe a range of … definition of frailty; however, it is
proposed that frailty comprises a … of frailty, with emphasis on proposed definitions of frailty which …

… lifestyle, and multimorbidity predicted frailty. The effects of … frailty; age predicted physical
frailty, life events predicted psychological frailty, whereas being a woman predicted social frailty …

… defining frailty and a case-finding tool. 3 The major agreement of the group was that for frailty
… They stressed that, conceptually, frailty should exclude persons with disability (ie, physical …

… range across the continuum of frailty severity. In clinical practice, we should do what works,
starting with frailty screening, case identification, and management of frailty. This process is …

… for the growing prevalence of frailty in our societies. Frailty is a clinical condition characterized
by … Shifting to a construct as frailty to biologically define the perimeter of action for geriatric …