JAMDA
June 26, 2015
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JAMDA
November 15, 2017
Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults: Comparing Different Frailty Measures in Predicting Short- and Long-term Patient Outcomes
Data for the assessment of frailty in acutely ill hospitalized older adults remains limited. Using the Frailty Index (FI) as “gold standard,” we compared (1) the diagnostic performance of 3 frailty measures (FRAIL, Clinical Frailty Scale [CFS], and Tilburg Frailty Indicator [TFI]) in identifying frailty, a...
JAMDA
September 5, 2022
Frailty in Nursing Homes—A Prospective Study Comparing the FRAIL-NH and the Clinical Frailty Scale
Frailty is common in nursing home (NH) residents, but its prevalence in German institutions is unknown. Valid and easy-to-use screening tools are needed to identify frail residents. We used the FRAIL-NH scale and the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) to (1) obtain the prevalence of frailty, (2) investigate the ...
JAMDA
December 31, 2014
Frailty in Nursing Homes: The FRAIL-NH Scale
JAMDA
April 16, 2014
Frailty in Older Persons: Multisystem Risk Factors and the Frailty Risk Index (FRI)
Currently there is no risk factor scale that identifies older persons at risk of frailty.
JAMDA
March 10, 2015
Frailty Index and Mortality in Nursing Home Residents in France: Results From the INCUR Study
The objective of this study was to examine whether the capacity of an age-related deficit accumulation index (the so-called Frailty Index [FI] proposed by Rockwood) to predict mortality in a nursing home population.
JAMDA
March 10, 2020
Frailty Index Status of Canadian Home Care Clients Improves With Exercise Therapy and Declines in the Presence of Polypharmacy
This study aimed to investigate if exercise therapy and polypharmacy was associated with frailty state transitions for home care service recipients.
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
June 21, 2017
Frailty Is Associated With Lower Expression of Genes Involved in Cellular Response to Stress: Results From the Toledo Study for Healthy Aging
Specific mechanisms underlying frailty syndrome are not well known. Frailty can be viewed as a loss of functional reserve resulting in increased vulnerability to stressors. We hypothesize that pathways regulating cellular response to stress are potential players in the development of frailty. The aim of th...
Caring for the Ages
June 1, 2020