Background Frailty is a common and clinically significant condition among geriatric
populations. Although well-evidenced pooled estimates of the prevalence of frailty exist …

Background Guidelines recommend routine frailty screening for all hospitalised older adults
to inform care decisions, based mainly on studies in elective or speciality-specific settings …

Frailty syndrome is prevalent among hospitalized older adults as are the occurrence of
adverse outcomes. This systematic review and meta-analysis investigated whether frailty in …

Background Frailty predicts mortality in residential aged care, but the relationship with
hospitalization is inconsistent. The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare …

Objectives This research explored the relationship between the stages of frailty and risk for
hospitalization in older adults and evaluated the risk for hospitalization among the elderly in …

Background To date, most previous studies of frailty among hospitalized elderly Chinese
patients have been conducted based on small samples, which cannot represent the elderly …

Background Although frailty of older people has been shown to be associated with
numerous adverse health outcomes, evidence on healthcare costs associated with frailty is …

Background routine frailty identification and management is national policy in England, but
there remains a lack of evidence on the impact of frailty on healthcare resource use. We …

Introduction Frailty is an important concept in modern healthcare due to its association with
adverse outcomes. Its prevalence varies in the literature and there is a paucity of literature …

Background The concept of frailty is rapidly gaining attention as an independent syndrome
with high prevalence in older adults. Thereby, frailty is often related to certain adverse …