JAMDA
June 23, 2016
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JAMDA
June 23, 2016
Higher Protein but Not Energy Intake Is Associated With a Lower Prevalence of Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in the French Three-City Cohort
The hypothesis that increasing protein and energy intakes may confer protection against frailty has been suggested, although few studies have examined these associations, especially regarding current protein energy recommendations in the older population.
JAMDA
June 17, 2016
Frailty as a Predictor of Alzheimer Disease, Vascular Dementia, and All Dementia Among Community-Dwelling Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
To perform a systematic search of the literature for currently available evidence on frailty as a predictor of dementia and to conduct a meta-analysis to synthesize the pooled risk estimates among community-dwelling older people.
JAMDA
June 7, 2016
Frailty Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes in the Elderly
To investigate whether frailty is associated with an increased risk of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in a prospective cohort of community-dwelling older people.
JAMDA
May 25, 2016
Successful Aging and Frailty: Opposite Sides of the Same Coin?
Operational definitions of place a strong emphasis on functional capacity, and strategies for successful aging include many factors common to frailty research. We explore the hypothesis that frailty and successful aging are two sides of the same coin and that walking speed may be an objective indicator of...
JAMDA
March 17, 2016
How the Frailty Index May Support the Allocation of Health Care Resources: An Example From the INCUR Study
The Frailty Index (FI), proposed by Rockwood and Mitniski, measures the deficits accumulation occurring with aging, and can be generated from the results of a comprehensive clinical assessment. Its construct (based on pure arithmetical assumptions) may represent a unique feature for supporting unbiased com...
JAMDA
February 24, 2016
Common Ground? The Concordance of Sarcopenia and Frailty Definitions
This study aimed to explore the concordance between definitions of sarcopenia and frailty in a clinically relevant population of geriatric outpatients.
JAMDA
February 2, 2016
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status Across Adulthood on Trajectories of Frailty in Older Women
To investigate whether distinct trajectories of frailty exist in older women and whether they are associated with measures of socioeconomic status (SES) across adulthood.
JAMDA
January 28, 2016
The Effect of Age in the Association between Frailty and Poor Sleep Quality: A Population-Based Study in Community-Dwellers (The Atahualpa Project)
To assess the effect of age in the association between poor sleep quality and frailty status.
JAMDA
January 21, 2016
Identification of Older People at Risk of ADL Disability Using the Life-Space Assessment: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Life-space mobility, assessed with the Life-Space Assessment (LSA), reflects an individual's mobility in terms of the spatial area, frequency, and need for assistance. The aims were to study associations between life-space mobility and disability status in activities of daily living (ADL), and to defi...
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