Background frailty is common in older adults and associated with poor outcomes following
illness. Although stroke is predominantly a disease of older people, our knowledge of frailty …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major driver of morbidity and mortality among older adults with
frailty. Moreover, frailty is highly prevalent in older adults with AF. Understanding and …

Introduction Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) can improve outcomes following ischaemic
stroke. Patient selection for MT is predominantly based on physiological and imaging …

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 …

Background: Frailty is a prevalent state associated with several aging-related traits and
conditions. The relationship between frailty and stroke remains understudied. Here we aim …

Background Frailty is a state of cumulative degradation of physiological functions that leads
to adverse outcomes such as disability or mortality. Currently, there is still little …

Background: Our understanding of the relationship between frailty and stroke, beyond the
acute phase of stroke, is limited. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of frailty in stroke …

Background Observational studies suggest that frailty is associated with hearing loss (HL)
but with inconsistent results. This study aims to examine such association and to assess its …

Background and purpose Previous studies have reported the association between frailty
and stroke or Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the causality remains unclear. The aim of …

Background The prognostic value of frailty measures for post-stroke neurocognitive disorder
(NCD) remains to be evaluated. Aims The aim of this study was to compare the predictive …