Background. Frailty assessment provides a means of identifying older adults most
vulnerable to adverse outcomes. Attention to frailty in clinical practice is more likely with …

OBJECTIVES Frailty places individuals at greater risk of adverse health outcomes. However,
it is a dynamic condition and may not always lead to decline. Our objective was to determine …

Frailty is increasingly relevant for clinicians to improve care for vulnerable older adults.
Prominent frailty measures include the frailty phenotype and the frailty index. The frailty …

Frailty is a known risk factor for those aged 65 and over, and its prevalence increases with
age. Definitions of frailty vary widely, and prevalence estimates are affected by the way frailty …

Objectives To systematically compare and pool the prevalence of frailty, including prefrailty,
reported in community‐dwelling older people overall and according to sex, age, and …

Background Frailty is a common condition among older adults increasing risk of adverse
outcomes including mortality; however, little is known about the incidence or risk of specific …

Background. Frailty is considered highly prevalent in old age and to confer high risk for falls,
disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Frailty has been considered synonymous with …

Background Although frailty status is dynamic, whether improvements in frailty predict
mortality is unknown. Objective Describe 1‐year changes in a frailty index (FI) and …

Importance Currently there is no risk factor scale that identifies older persons at risk of frailty.
Objectives In this study, we identified significant multisystem risk factors of frailty, developed …

Older adults are a highly heterogeneous group with variable health and functional life
courses. Frailty has received increasing scientific attention as a potential explanation of the …