Management of frailty: opportunities, challenges, and future directions

E Dent, FC Martin, H Bergman, J Woo… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
Frailty is a complex age-related clinical condition characterised by a decline in physiological
capacity across several organ systems, with a resultant increased susceptibility to stressors …

Frailty syndrome: implications and challenges for health care policy

G Kojima, AEM Liljas, S Iliffe - Risk management and healthcare …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Protein intake and frailty: A matter of quantity, quality, and timing

HJ Coelho-Junior, E Marzetti, A Picca, M Cesari… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that refers to a state of reduced resiliency to stressful events
that occurs in response to physiological and/or psychosocial detriments. Frailty is a predictor …

Validity of total Kihon checklist score for predicting the incidence of 3-year dependency and mortality in a community-dwelling older population

S Satake, H Shimokata, K Senda, I Kondo… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To validate the ability of the total Kihon checklist (t-KCL) score to predict the
incidence of dependency or death within 3 years in a community-dwelling older population …

Frailty-aware care: giving value to frailty assessment across different healthcare settings

KF Boreskie, JL Hay, PE Boreskie, RC Arora… - BMC geriatrics, 2022 - Springer
Healthcare systems need to adapt to better serve an aging population with complex
presentations. Frailty assessments are a potential means to address this heterogeneity in …

Prevalence of frailty, cognitive impairment, and sarcopenia in outpatients with cardiometabolic disease in a frailty clinic

Y Tamura, J Ishikawa, Y Fujiwara, M Tanaka… - BMC geriatrics, 2018 - Springer
Background Although frailty and cognitive impairment are critical risk factors for disability
and mortality in the general population of older inhabitants, the prevalence and incidence of …

Association between dysphagia and frailty in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RY Yang, AY Yang, YC Chen, SD Lee, SH Lee… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Increasing bodies of epidemiological evidence indicate potential associations
between dysphagia and the risk of frailty in older adults. We hypothesized that older adults …

Social participation and incident disability and mortality among frail older adults: a JAGES longitudinal study

N Abe, K Ide, R Watanabe, T Hayashi… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Frailty is the highest risk factor for incident disability and mortality. Social
participation is a modifiable factor for reducing adverse outcomes among independent older …

Frailty: Definition, diagnosis, epidemiology.

S Satake, H Arai - Geriatrics & gerontology international, 2020 - search.ebscohost.com
The article presents information about frailty along with its diagnosis and epidemiology. It
mentions that the Japan Geriatrics Society has defined frailty as" a state of reduced ability to …

Protein intake and frailty in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

HJ Coelho-Junior, R Calvani, A Picca, M Tosato… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: The present systematic review and meta-analysis investigated the cross-
sectional and longitudinal associations between protein intake and frailty in older adults …