Accelerated aging in people experiencing homelessness: A rapid review of frailty prevalence and determinants

R Mantell, YIJ Hwang, K Radford, S Perkovic… - Frontiers in public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Older people experiencing homelessness (PEH) are a rapidly growing
population at risk of accelerated aging and the early onset of geriatric conditions. One …

Frailty: a global health challenge in need of local action

SD Dlima, A Hall, AQ Aminu, A Akpan, C Todd… - BMJ Global …, 2024 - gh.bmj.com
Frailty is a complex, age-related clinical condition that involves multiple contributing factors
and raises the risk of adverse outcomes in older people. Given global population ageing …

Normative values for grip strength, gait speed, timed up and go, single leg balance, and chair rise derived from the Canadian longitudinal study on ageing

AJ Mayhew, HY So, J Ma, MK Beauchamp… - Age and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background decreased muscle strength and physical function often precede disability,
nursing home admission, home care use and mortality in older adults. Normative values for …

Cognitive frailty and functional disability among community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review

KF Tang, PL Teh, SWH Lee - Innovation in Aging, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Objectives This review aimed to summarize the association
between cognitive frailty (presence of frailty and cognitive impairment) and the risk of …

An observational analysis of frailty in combination with loneliness or social isolation and their association with socioeconomic deprivation, hospitalisation and mortality …

M Politis, L Crawford, BD Jani, BI Nicholl, J Lewsey… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Frailty, social isolation, and loneliness have individually been associated with adverse
health outcomes. This study examines how frailty in combination with loneliness or social …

Handgrip strength predicts length of hospital stay in an abdominal surgical setting: the role of frailty beyond age

L Marano, L Carbone, GE Poto, M Gambelli… - Aging Clinical and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Chronological age per se cannot be considered a prognostic risk factor for
outcomes after elective surgery, whereas frailty could be. A simple and easy-to-get marker …

Prevalence of physical frailty, including risk factors, up to 1 year after hospitalisation for COVID-19 in the UK: a multicentre, longitudinal cohort study

HJC McAuley, RA Evans, CE Bolton… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The scale of COVID-19 and its well documented long-term sequelae support a
need to understand long-term outcomes including frailty. Methods This prospective cohort …

The impact of frailty on short-term prognosis in discharged adult stroke patients: a multicenter prospective cohort study

H He, M Liu, L Li, Y Zheng, Y Nie, LD **ao, Y Li… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Frailty is commonly observed in stroke patients and it is associated with
adverse outcomes. However, there remains a gap in longitudinal studies investigating the …

A national study of 23 major trauma centres to investigate the effect of frailty on clinical outcomes in older people admitted with serious injury in England (FiTR 1): a …

B Carter, R Short, O Bouamra, F Parry… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Older people are the largest group admitted to hospital with serious injuries.
Many older people are living with frailty, a risk factor for poor recovery. We aimed to examine …

Frailty in younger adults in hospital

EH Gordon, NM Peel, RE Hubbard… - QJM: An International …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Even though frailty has been extensively measured in the acute care setting,
relatively little is known about the frailty of younger adult inpatients. Aim This study aimed to …