This systematic review synthesised measurement and prevalence of frailty in COPD and
associations between frailty and adverse health outcomes. We searched Medline, Embase …

Background Frailty has been increasingly identified as a risk factor of adverse outcomes in
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The prevalence and impact of frailty on …

Background Frailty, a state of reduced physiological reserve, is common in people with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Frailty can occur at any age; however, the …

Frailty is a complex, multidimensional syndrome characterised by a loss of physiological
reserves that increases a person9s susceptibility to adverse health outcomes. Most …

People with respiratory disease have increased risk of developing frailty, which is
associated with worse health outcomes. There is growing evidence of the role of …

Background Frail patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face a higher
risk of adverse outcomes, but there is no clear consensus on which frailty measures are …

Background Physical frailty commonly is associated with COPD, and its evaluation in COPD
may provide important prognostic information for risk stratification. Research Questions What …

Frailty increases vulnerability to adverse outcomes. Long-term conditions increase the risk of
frailty. We searched PubMed, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, EMBASE from …

Frailty is prevalent in older adults and is related to a worsening functionality, quality of life,
and health outcomes. Though there is an increasing interest in this field, the relationship …

Background Identifying frailty in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
is deemed important, yet comparative characteristics of the most commonly used frailty …