Background: There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously
developed tools to assess frailty that have been shown to be predictive of death or need for …

Clinicians and researchers have shown increasing interest in frailty. Yet, there is still
considerable uncertainty regarding the concept and its definition. In this article, we present …

Background. There is no consensus regarding the definition of frailty for clinical uses. Methods.
A modified Delphi process was used to attempt to achieve consensus definition. Experts …

An operational definition of frailty is important for clinical care, research, and policy planning.
The literature on the clinical definitions, screening tools, and severity measures of frailty …

Frailty is a complex age-related clinical condition characterised by a decline in physiological
capacity across several organ systems, with a resultant increased susceptibility to stressors. …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to test the value of gait speed, a clinical marker
for frailty, to improve the prediction of mortality and major morbidity in elderly patients …

Background frailty impacts older adults’ ability to recover from an acute illness, injuries and
other stresses. Currently, a systematic synthesis of available interventions to prevent or …

Background. Frailty and fitness are important attributes of older persons, but population
samples of their prevalence, attributes, and outcomes are limited. Methods. The authors report …

Frailty is a geriatric syndrome of increased vulnerability to stressors that has been implicated
as a causative and prognostic factor in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). The …

OBJECTIVE: Correspondence analysis (CA) is a multivariate graphical technique designed
to explore the relationships among categorical variables. Epidemiologists frequently collect …