The I.A.N.A. task force on frailty assessment of older people in clinical practice
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...A useful frailty scale should be able to predict future disability before the person becomes disabled (9)....
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...The International Association of Nutrition and Aging proposed a frailty scale (FRAIL) that only requires answers to 5 simple questions (9, 10)....
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...There is to date no clear consensus regarding the definition of frailty (2,3)....
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...Sarcopenia is assumed to be a major component in the development of frailty (23, 24), but that assumption depends on the operational definition used....
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...In a second working group, Rockwood measured frailty with the CHSA Clinical Frailty Scale, a seven-point scale based upon a frailty index of 70 items: (24) 1....
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...(24) Frailty was assessed by the CSHA, frailty scale, a 7-point clinical frailty scale based upon a 70-item CHSA frailty index....
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...They found a prevalence of frailty of 7% in the CHS (4317 community-dwelling adults aged 65 and over), 30% in the subgroup of 80 and older, and 28% in the WHAS (moderately to severe disabled population of 1002 community-dwelling women aged 65 and over) (16, 17, 18)....
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