Introduction Frailty is one of the most important concerns regarding our aging population.
Evidence grows that the syndrome is linked to several important health outcomes. A general …

One of the leading causes of morbidity and premature mortality in older people is frailty.
Frailty occurs when multiple physiological systems decline, to the extent that an individual's …

Objective The task force of the International Conference of Frailty and Sarcopenia Research
(ICFSR) developed these clinical practice guidelines to overview the current evidence-base …

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

Objectives To operationalize frailty using eight scales and to compare their content validity,
feasibility, prevalence estimates of frailty, and ability to predict all‐cause mortality. Design …

1. Geriatric Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA; 2.
Torrens University of Australia, Adelaide and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne …

Objectives To explore the feasibility of using the FRAIL scale in community screening of
older Chinese people aged 65 years and older, followed by clinical validation by …

Sarcopenia is now defined as a decline in walking speed or grip strength associated with
low muscle mass. Sarcopenia leads to loss of mobility and function, falls, and mortality …

The two most commonly employed frailty measures are the frailty phenotype and the frailty
index. We compared them to examine whether they demonstrated common characteristics of …