Frailty
Explore the breadth of frailty research, from evaluating multimodal interventions in co-morbid conditions like Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus to understanding the role of nutrition and exercise in mitigating frailty. Gain insights into the complex interplay between frailty, sarcopenia, and chronic diseases, and discover innovative strategies to improve outcomes for the elderly.
Frailty Transforms Care Continuity-Mortality Relationships Across Age Groups: Evidence From Taiwan and South Korea.
BACKGROUND
Healthcare fragmentation typically predicts poor outcomes, yet its relationship with frailty across different age groups remains unexplored. We examined how frailty modifies the association between care patterns and mortality in middle-aged and older adults from two rapidly ageing Asian societies.
METHODS
We...
Longitudinal Study of Frailty Phenotype in Relation to Chronic Kidney Disease Incidence.
BACKGROUND
The longitudinal relationship between frailty phenotype and CKD development, and the modifying role of genetic CKD risk in this association, remains unclear. Research on simple, noninvasive and quantifiable CKD prediction models incorporating frailty is limited.
METHODS
We analysed 214 502 CKD-free participants from...
Public Health.
BACKGROUND
Sarcopenia is an age-related process characterized by the loss of muscle mass and function, being a frailty component that affects the quality of life. It has been described as a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD), and the coexistence...
Changes in Frailty and Incident Cancer: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study.
BACKGROUND
Although frailty has been identified as a potential risk factor for cancer, most previous studies have only considered frailty status at a single time point. The relationship between dynamic changes in frailty and incident cancer is less well understood. This...
A Simplified Frailty Measure Improves Risk Stratification in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to examine frailty measures for risk prediction in patients undergoing percutaneous mitral valve repair (PMVR).
BACKGROUND
Performance of current risk prediction models based on organ morbidity is only moderate.
METHODS
The frailty domains exhaustion, slowness, inactivity, weakness, and...
Peak Expiratory Flow and Its Trajectories Associated With Frailty in Older Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study.
BACKGROUND
Current evidence indicates an association between peak expiratory flow (PEF) and frailty in older adults, yet critical gaps persist regarding: the longitudinal dynamics of PEF trajectories, their temporal relationships with frailty progression and underlying biological mechanisms. This study aimed to...
The Prognostic Role of Frailty and Its Recognition With Simple FRAIL and Fried Frailty Questionnaires in Advanced Cancer Patients.
BACKGROUND
Patients with advanced cancer frequently suffer from frailty associated with vulnerability and adverse outcomes. Our aim was to assess the prevalence of frailty and elucidate the utility of two commonly used frailty questionnaires in an advanced cancer population.
METHODS
The Fried Frailty...
Emerging basic science concepts in geriatric fracture fixation and patient recovery.
In recent history, human life expectancy has increased significantly, resulting in a high burden of late-life morbidity and geriatric fractures. Changes to the body as a result of aging, such as degeneration of the bone marrow, osteoblast apoptosis, and a...
Molecular mechanism involved in sarcopenia and frailty, diagnosis and therapy.
Elevated Serum Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase as a Risk Factor for Frailty in Older Men: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.
Oxidative stress is a key driver of accelerated ageing, and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), an essential enzyme involved in the metabolism of glutathione, a major antioxidant, plays a pivotal role in the generation of free radical species. This study aimed to...
Osteosarcopenia and frailty risk in community-dwelling older adults: A follow-up of the I-Lan Longitudinal Aging Study.
Osteosarcopenia is suggested to be on the causal pathway to frailty; however, data on this topic is scarce, and it is unclear if osteosarcopenia is associated with frailty risk. To investigate if osteosarcopenia is associated with frailty risk in community-dwelling...
Severe Dietary Energy Restriction for Compensated Cirrhosis Due to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Compensated cirrhosis due to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (CC-MASLD) increases morbidity and mortality risk but has no aetiology-specific treatment. We investigated the safety and efficacy signals of severe energy restriction. In this randomised controlled trial, adults with CC-MASLD and...
Prevalence, Characteristics, and Prognostic Associations of Cachexia Diagnosed Using Asian Working Group for Cachexia 2023 Criteria in Older Adults With Heart Failure.
Few studies have examined the characteristics of heart failure (HF) patients with cachexia using the Asian Working Group for Cachexia (AWGC) 2023 criteria. This study assessed the characteristics and clinical impact of cachexia in older adults with HF. Results of...
Comprehensive Evaluation of Frailty and Sarcopenia Markers to Predict Survival in Glioblastoma Patients.
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumour in adults. Patients with GBM are particularly susceptible to moderate-to-high frail. Frailty status has been associated with the outcome of many types of cancer, including GBM, although there is still...
Prediction Models for Risk of Cardiorespiratory Morbidity/Mortality and Fracture Among Young Adults With Cerebral Palsy.
There is a dearth of screening tools for cardiorespiratory disease and fracture risk, such as risk prediction models, for adults with cerebral palsy (CP). There is heterogeneity of pathophysiology related to the severity of CP and aging, such that a...
