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Detecting frail, older adults and identifying their strengths: results of a mixed-methods study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background The debate on frailty in later life focuses primarily on deficits and their associations with adverse (health) outcomes. In addition to deficits, it may also be important to consider the abilities and resources of older adults.
Sarah Dury, Eva Dierckx, Anne van der Vorst, Michaël Van der Elst, Bram Fret, Daan Duppen, Lieve Hoeyberghs, Ellen De Roeck, Deborah Lambotte, An-Sofie Smetcoren, Jos Schols, Gertrudis Kempen, G.A. Rixt Zijlstra, Jan De Lepeleire, Birgitte Schoenmakers, Dominique Verté, Nico De Witte, Tinie Kardol, Peter Paul De Deyn, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Liesbeth De Donder   +20 more
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Shared Decision-Making and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Valvular Heart Disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
Patient-centered health care emphasizes shared decision-making (SDM), incorporating both clinical evidence and patient preferences and values. SDM is important in heart valve disease, both because there might be more than one treatment option and due to ...
Sahrai Saeed, Elisabeth Skaar, Andrea Romarheim, John B. Chambers, Øyvind Bleie   +4 more
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Physical frailty prediction model for the oldest old

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2018
Objective: to present a physical frailty prediction model for oldest old users of primary health care, according to clinical variables. Method: cross-sectional study with proportional stratified sample of 243 oldest old subjects.
Jacy Aurelia Vieira de Sousa, Maria Helena Lenardt, Clóris Regina Blanski Grden, Luciana Kusomota, Mara Solange Gomes Dellaroza, Susanne Elero Betiolli   +5 more
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Frailty In Older Adults Attending An Outpatient Geriatric Clinic As Measured By The Visual Scale Of Frailty [PDF]

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging
BACKGROUND: Existing instruments for the diagnosis of frailty are limited by their focus on mobility evaluation, failure to incorporate comorbidities, and dichotomous classification of patients as frail or non-frail, which hinders adequate identification
Marco Túlio Gualberto Cintra, Felipe Ferreira Guimarães, Cislene Teixeira de Souza, Fernanda Silva Trindade Luz, Érica Dias Murta, Maria Aparecida Camargos Bicalho, Edgar Nunes de Moraes   +6 more
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Adherence to the therapeutic guidelines recommendations among the people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity, frailty, or recent diagnosis, attended in primary health care centers in Spain: A cross-sectional study

Frontiers in Medicine, 2023
IntroductionClinical practice guidelines are helpful for clinicians, and their proper implementation could improve the quality of care and management of participants with diabetes.
Bogdan Vlacho, Bogdan Vlacho, Bogdan Vlacho, Manel Mata-Cases, Manel Mata-Cases, Manel Mata-Cases, Berta Fernandez-Camins, Berta Fernandez-Camins, Laura Romera Liébana, Laura Romera Liébana, Joan Barrot-de la Puente, Joan Barrot-de la Puente, Josep Franch-Nadal, Josep Franch-Nadal, Josep Franch-Nadal   +14 more
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Barriers and facilitators to participation in exercise prehabilitation before cancer surgery for older adults with frailty: a qualitative study

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background Older adults with frailty are at an increased risk of adverse outcomes after surgery. Exercise before surgery (exercise prehabilitation) may reduce adverse events and improve recovery after surgery.
Keely Barnes, Emily Hladkowicz, Kristin Dorrance, Gregory L. Bryson, Alan J. Forster, Sylvain Gagné, Allen Huang, Manoj M. Lalu, Luke T. Lavallée, Chelsey Saunders, Hussein Moloo, Julie Nantel, Barbara Power, Celena Scheede-Bergdahl, Monica Taljaard, Carl van Walraven, Colin J. L. McCartney, Daniel I. McIsaac   +17 more
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Sarcopenia and the syndrome of frailty

The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2016
Sarcopenia is the process of loss of body mass, specifically the musculoskeletal tissue, with age, which ultimately leads to a syndrome of clinical entity poorly defined as frailty. It is probably as old as humanity itself.
Ajay Kumar Gupta, Siddhartha Mishra
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Developing Leadership Capabilities to Implement Saudi Arabia’s Frailty Care Pathway

The Saudi Journal of Health Systems Research
Introduction: As part of Vision 2030, a comprehensive frailty care pathway is being developed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Challenges remain, however, with diffusing this policy.
Benenita Lim, Herman Sandeep Prakasam, Julie Davies, Hisham Alharbi, Eman BinShafi, Orlanda Alan, Tianyu Xue, Yuanyuan Xu   +7 more
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Practical Considerations in the Management of Frail Older People with Diabetes

Diseases
With increasing life expectancy, the number of older people living with comorbid diabetes and frailty is increasing. The development of frailty accelerates diabetes-related adverse outcomes.
Dima Abdelhafiz, Ahmed Abdelhafiz
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Description of frail older people profiles according to four screening tools applied in primary care settings: a cross sectional analysis

BMC Geriatrics, 2019
Background Regarding the health care of older populations, WHO recommends shifting from disease-driven attention models towards a personalized, integrated and continuous care aimed to the maintenance and enhancement of functional capacities.
Itziar Vergara, Maider Mateo-Abad, María Carmen Saucedo-Figueredo, Mónica Machón, Alonso Montiel-Luque, Kalliopi Vrotsou, María Antonia Nava del Val, Ana Díez-Ruiz, Carolina Güell, Ander Matheu, Antonio Bueno, Jazmina Núñez, Francisco Rivas-Ruiz   +12 more
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