Frailty in older adults

DH Kim, K Rockwood - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Points Frailty in Older Adults Assessing frailty enables clinicians to predict the outcomes
and risks of health conditions, target the delivery of evidence-based interventions, and tailor …

Frailty and cancer: current perspectives on assessment and monitoring

V Goede - Clinical interventions in aging, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Frailty, an age-related condition of increased vulnerability to acute endogenous or
exogenous stressors, is a key barrier to successful treatment of cancer in older people. In …

Effectiveness of home-based exercise delivered by digital health in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

L Solis-Navarro, A Gismero, C Fernández-Jané… - Age and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background regular physical exercise is essential to maintain or improve functional capacity
in older adults. Multimorbidity, functional limitation, social barriers and currently, coronavirus …

Challenges in anti‐aging medicine–trends in biomarker discovery and therapeutic interventions for a healthy lifespan

I Popescu, J Deelen, M Illario… - Journal of Cellular and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We are facing a growing aging population, along with increasing pressure on health
systems, caused by the impact of chronic co‐morbidities (ie cancer, cardiovascular and …

Frailty assessment as part of transplant listing: yes, no or maybe?

MA McAdams-DeMarco, AK Thind… - Clinical Kidney …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Frailty, characterized by a decreased physiological reserve and an increased vulnerability to
stressors, is common among kidney transplant (KT) candidates and recipients. In this review …

The use of the World Guidelines for Falls Prevention and Management's risk stratification algorithm in predicting falls in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

P Hartley, F Forsyth, S Rowbotham, R Briggs… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background the aim of this study was to retrospectively operationalise the World Guidelines
for Falls Prevention and Management (WGFPM) falls risk stratification algorithm using data …

[HTML][HTML] Co-creating a digital life-integrated self-assessment for older adults: user experience study

MJ Böttinger, E Litz, K Gordt-Oesterwind, CP Jansen… - JMIR aging, 2023 - aging.jmir.org
Background Older adults are at increased risk of developing health disorders and functional
decline. However, owing to time constraints and considerable effort, physicians rarely …

The outcomes of considering goals of care in medication reviews for older adults: a systematic review

N Masnoon, C George, S Lo, E Tan… - Expert Review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction This is a systematic review of prescribing, clinical, patient-reported, and health
utilization outcomes of goal-directed medication reviews in older adults. Methods A …

Optimal assessment of quality of life for patients with prostate cancer

LG Briggs, D Sentana-Lledo, DE Lage… - Therapeutic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The burden of cancer and oncologic treatment is reflected not only through morbidity and
mortality, but also through impacts on patient quality of life (QoL). However, QoL has not …

Effectiveness of holistic assessment-based interventions for adults with multiple long-term conditions and frailty: an umbrella review of systematic reviews

S Arakelyan, N Mikula-Noble, L Ho, N Lone… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Holistic assessment-based interventions (HABIs) are effective in older people admitted to
hospital, but it is unclear whether similar interventions are effective in adults with multiple …