Identifying and managing malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia in the community: a narrative review

S Roberts, P Collins, M Rattray - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia are becoming increasingly prevalent among community-
dwelling older adults; yet are often unidentified and untreated in community settings. There …

[HTML][HTML] Frailty and loneliness in older adults: A narrative review

AC Gheorghe, E Bălășescu, I Hulea, G Turcu… - Geriatrics, 2024 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: In a society with an advancing aging rate, medical systems are coming
under pressure due to an increasing flow of older patients with multiple somatic diseases …

Primary care interventions to address physical frailty among community-dwelling adults aged 60 years or older: a meta-analysis

SHF Macdonald, J Travers, EN She, J Bailey… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The best interventions to address frailty among older adults have not yet been
fully defined, and the diversity of interventions and outcome measures makes this process …

Frailty screening in the emergency department: comparing the variable indicative of placement risk, clinical frailty scale and PRISMA-7

R O'Caoimh, J McGauran, MR O'Donovan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Prompt recognition of frailty in the emergency department (ED) is important to identify
patients at higher risk of adverse outcomes. Despite this, few studies examine the diagnostic …

Frailty as the future core business of public health: report of the activities of the A3 action group of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing …

G Liotta, S Ussai, M Illario, R O'Caoimh… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: The prevalence of frailty at population-level is expected to increase in Europe,
changing the focus of Public Health. Here, we report on the activities of the A3 Action Group …

The ability of four frailty screening instruments to predict mortality, hospitalization and dependency in (instrumental) activities of daily living

LPM Op het Veld, AJHM Beurskens… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The aim of this study was to assess the predictive ability of the frailty phenotype (FP),
Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI), Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) and frailty index (FI) for the …

Effects of 6-month multimodal physical exercise program on bone mineral density, fall risk, balance, and gait in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a controlled clinical …

AS Puente-Gonzalez, MC Sanchez-Sanchez… - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
We aimed to determine the short-and medium-term effects of a multimodal physical exercise
program (MPEP) on bone health status, fall risk, balance, and gait in patients with …

Frailty, walking ability and self-rated health in predicting institutionalization: an 18-year follow-up study among Finnish community-dwelling older people

A Viljanen, M Salminen, K Irjala, P Korhonen… - Aging Clinical and …, 2021 - Springer
Background In clinical practice, there is a need for an instrument to screen older people at
risk of institutionalization. Aims To analyze the association of frailty, walking-ability and self …

Reproducibility and responsiveness of the Frailty Index and Frailty Phenotype in older hospitalized patients

M Feenstra, FMM Oud, CJ Jansen, N Smidt… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
Background There is growing interest for interventions aiming at preventing frailty
progression or even to reverse frailty in older people, yet it is still unclear which frailty …

Effectiveness of a combined intervention on psychological and physical capacities of frail older adults: a cluster randomized controlled trial

J Apóstolo, MA Dixe, E Bobrowicz-Campos… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Older adults experience physical and psychological declines affecting
independency. Adapted and structured combined interventions composed of cognitive …