Background A systematic understanding of how multimorbidity has been constructed and
measured is unavailable. This review aimed to examine the definition and measurement of …

Background Multimorbidity and frailty are complex syndromes characteristics of aging. We
reviewed the literature and provided pooled estimations of any evidence regarding (a) the …

Background Frailty is associated with older age and multimorbidity (two or more long-term
conditions); however, little is known about its prevalence or effects on mortality in younger …

Purpose Functional status and chronic health status are important baseline characteristics of
critically ill patients. The assessment of frailty on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) …

Abstract Objective To develop Clinical Practice Guidelines for the screening, assessment
and management of the geriatric condition of frailty. Methods An adapted Grading of …

Objective To review literature and provide a pooled effect for the association between
multimorbidity and mortality in older adults. Methods A systematic review was performed of …

The frailty syndrome has recently attracted attention of the scientific community and public
health organizations as precursor and contributor of age-related conditions (particularly …

A well-preserved oral function is key to accomplishing essential daily tasks. However, in
geriatric medicine and gerodontology, as age-related physiological decline disrupts several …

We conducted a systematic review to determine variability in how the criteria of the frailty
phenotype (grip strength, weight loss, exhaustion, walking speed, physical activity) were …

Aims frailty is proposed as a summative measure of health status and marker of individual
vulnerability. We aimed to investigate the discriminative capacity of a frailty index (FI) …