Background One of the most challenging issues for the elderly population is the clinical state
of frailty. Frailty is defined as a cumulative decline across psychological, physical, and social …

Objectives We reviewed the existing definitions of psychological frailty and provided a
comprehensive overview of the concept and associated measurements. Study Design and …

Frailty is thought to be one of the most serious public health challenges of the twentyfirst
century. 1 All older adults are at risk for developing frailty, and it is associated with many …

Background Evidence is scarce on the trend in prevalence of physical frailty in China; the
primary purpose of this study was to identify the prevalence and correlates of physical frailty …

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical schools to suspend on-campus
live-sessions and shift to distance-learning (DL). This precipitous shift presented medical …

Background Frailty in older adults is associated with adverse geriatric outcomes. Physical
frailty is often accompanied by problems in the cognitive, psychological, and social domains …

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

Introduction Social frailty is a complex concept and there is still no consensus on the criteria
that best define it, nor on the role that social dimensions play in well-established frailty …

In older age, frailty is a detrimental transitional status of the aging process featuring an
increased susceptibility to stressors defined by a clinical reduction of homoeostatic reserves …

The conceptual change of frailty, from a physical to a biopsychosocial phenotype, expanded
the field of frailty, including social and behavioral domains with critical interaction between …