Aim Depression and frailty are prevalent and burdensome in older age. However, the
relationships between these entities are unclear and no quantitative meta-analysis exists …

Frailty and depression are important issues affecting older adults. Depressive syndrome
may be difficult to clinically disambiguate from frailty in advanced old age. Current reviews …

Objectives: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome characterised by the clinical presentation of
identifiable physical alterations such as loss of muscle mass and strength, energy and …

Recent studies have suggested that body composition is key to health and disease. First, fat
tissue is a complex, essential, and highly active metabolic and endocrine organ that …

Objectives: The study purpose is to estimate the correlation between depression and
competing models of frailty, and to determine to what degree the comorbidity of these …

Objective This study aimed to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships
between physical frailty at baseline and depressive symptoms at baseline and at follow-up …

Depression in later life is a severe public health problem, associated with higher rates of
mortality, suicide, and dementia. Effectiveness of treatment is limited by the failure to …

Abstract Objective To translate the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) into Chinese and assess its
reliability and validity. Methods A sample of 917 community-dwelling older people, aged≥ …

Background Previous research demonstrated substantial associations between frailty and
depression in late life, but it remains unclear whether this relationship is best explained by …

Background This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and associated factors related to
frailty, by Fried criteria, in the elderly population in a rural area in the Andes Mountains, and …