Frailty and nutrition: From epidemiological and clinical evidence to potential mechanisms

M Yannakoulia, E Ntanasi, CA Anastasiou… - Metabolism, 2017 - Elsevier
Frailty is a geriatric condition characterized by unintentional weight loss, low muscle
strength, feeling of exhaustion, reduced physical activity capacity and slow walking speed …

Ageing well: a review of sarcopenia and frailty

VL Keevil, R Romero-Ortuno - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2015 - cambridge.org
'Ageing well'has been declared a global health priority by the World Health Organisation
and the role of sarcopenia and frailty in late-life health is receiving increasing attention …

Effectiveness of an intervention to prevent frailty in pre-frail community-dwelling older people consulting in primary care: a randomised controlled trial

M Serra-Prat, X Sist, R Domenich, L Jurado… - Age and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to prevent frailty is scarce.
Objective to assess the effect of an intervention in preventing frailty progression in pre-frail …

Pretransplant frailty is associated with decreased survival after lung transplantation

ME Wilson, AP Vakil, P Kandel, C Undavalli… - The Journal of Heart and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Frailty is a condition of increased vulnerability to adverse health outcomes.
Although frailty is an important prognostic factor for many conditions, the effect of frailty on …

Effects of a primary care-based multifactorial intervention on physical and cognitive function in frail, elderly individuals: a randomized controlled trial

L Romera-Liebana, F Orfila, JM Segura… - The Journals of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Detecting and managing frailty at early stages can prevent disability and other
adverse outcomes. The study aim was to evaluate whether a multifactorial intervention …

Frailty in HIV: epidemiology, biology, measurement, interventions, and research needs

DA Piggott, KM Erlandson, KE Yarasheski - Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2016 - Springer
Frailty is a critical aging-related syndrome marked by diminished physiologic reserve and
heightened vulnerability to stressors, predisposing to major adverse clinical outcomes …

Prevalence of frailty and its association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, and resource utilization in a population of Singaporean older adults

JA Vaingankar, SA Chong, E Abdin… - Geriatrics & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The present study examined the prevalence of frailty and its association with
sociodemographic, clinical and social characteristics, and service utilization in a …

Community based complex interventions to sustain independence in older people: systematic review and network meta-analysis

TF Crocker, J Ensor, N Lam, M Jordão, R Bajpai… - bmj, 2024 - bmj.com
Objective To synthesise evidence of the effectiveness of community based complex
interventions, grouped according to their intervention components, to sustain independence …

Active ageing in Europe: adding healthy life to years

G Liotta, H Canhao, F Cenko, R Cutini, E Vellone… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background The European Union (EU) is a conglomerate of more than 500 million people,
19.2%(approximately 100 million) of whom are older adults (1). The ageing population is …

Frailty, exercise and nutrition

JP Michel, AJ Cruz-Jentoft… - Clinics in Geriatric …, 2015 - geriatric.theclinics.com
Frailty is characterized by increased vulnerability to stressors that puts older subjects at risk
of developing adverse outcomes, including hospitalization, disability, and mortality. 1, 2 With …