Background Frailty is an age-related condition resulting in a state of increased vulnerability
regarding functioning across multiple systems. It is a multidimensional concept referring to …

Background Studies on the association between frailty and health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) are scarce and show contradictory results. This study aimed to evaluate the …

Objectives: This paper investigates risk profiles of frailty among older people, as these are
essential for detecting those individuals at risk for adverse outcomes and to undertake …

Aim To estimate the prevalence of frailty phenotypes and their association with the
sociodemographic characteristics, health state and the use of health services in the last 6 …

Background So far, it has not yet been studied whether socioeconomic status is associated
with distinct frailty components and for which frailty component this association is the …

Background Multidimensional frailty, including physical, psychological, and social
components, is associated to disability, lower quality of life, increased healthcare utilization …

Objective Few European studies examined frailty among older persons from diverse ethnic
backgrounds. We aimed to examine the association of ethnic background with frailty. In …

Background The rapid increase of frail older people worldwide will have a substantial impact
on healthcare systems. The frailty process may be delayed or even reversed, which makes it …

In order to explore frailty subtypes and find their associated risk factors, we conducted cross-
sectional surveys of 5,341 seniors aged 60 and over in China using the Frailty Index (FI) …

Objective The aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the associations between
frailty and multimorbidity on the one hand and quality of life on the other in community …