Multimorbidity and quality of life: systematic literature review and meta-analysis

TT Makovski, S Schmitz, MP Zeegers, S Stranges… - Ageing research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Multimorbidity is typically defined as the co-existence of two or more chronic diseases within
an individual. Its prevalence is highest among the elderly, with poor quality of life (QoL) …

Multimorbidity, loneliness, and social isolation: a systematic review

A Hajek, B Kretzler, HH König - … and Social Isolation in Old Age, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
No systematic review has appeared so far synthesizing the evidence regarding
multimorbidity and loneliness, social isolation, or social frailty. Consequently, our aim was to …

A design and evaluation framework for digital health interventions

T Kowatsch, L Otto, S Harperink, A Cotti… - IT-Information …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Digital health interventions (DHIs) have the potential to help the growing number of chronic
disease patients better manage their everyday lives. However, guidelines for the systematic …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of social frailty among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

XM Zhang, S Cao, M Gao, S Xiao, X Xie… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To report the overall prevalence of social frailty among older people and provide
information for policymakers and authorities to use in developing policies and social care …

Systematic review on the instruments used for measuring the association of the level of multimorbidity and clinically important outcomes

ES Lee, HL Koh, EQY Ho, SH Teo, FY Wong… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives There are multiple instruments for measuring multimorbidity. The main objective
of this systematic review was to provide a list of instruments that are suitable for use in …

Assessing frailty with the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI): A review of reliability and validity

RJ Gobbens, I Uchmanowicz - Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The Tilburg Frailty Instrument (TFI) is an instrument for assessing frailty in
community-dwelling older people. Since its development, many studies have been carried …

The Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI): new evidence for its validity

RJJ Gobbens, P Boersma, I Uchmanowicz… - … interventions in aging, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective The Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) is a self-report user-friendly questionnaire for
assessing multidimensional frailty among community-dwelling older people. The main aim …

The correlation between nutrition and frailty and the receiver operating characteristic curve of different nutritional indexes for frailty

H Liang, X Li, X Lin, Y Ju, J Leng - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background Frailty is a kind of geriatric syndrome, which is very common in the elderly.
Patients with malnutrition are at higher risk of frailty. This study explored the correlation …

[HTML][HTML] Coexisting frailty with heart failure

I Uchmanowicz, J Nessler, R Gobbens… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
People over 65 years of age constitute over 80% of patients with heart failure (HF) and the
incidence of HF is 10 per 1,000 in people aged above 65 years. Approximately 25% of older …

Prevalence of multidimensional frailty among community-dwelling older adults: A systematic review and Meta-analysis

Y Qiu, G Li, X Wang, W Liu, X Li, Y Yang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective The aims of this systematic review were to explore the pooled prevalence of
multidimensional frailty assessed by Tilburg Frailty Indicator among older adults in …