Q. Xue
2011.2.1CLINICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE
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This article reviews the current state of knowledge regarding the epidemiology of frailty by focusing on 6 specific areas: clinical definitions of Frailty, evidence ofFrailty as a medical syndrome, prevalence and incidence by age, gender, race, and ethnicity, transitions between discrete frailty states, and natural history of manifestations of frailt criteria.
Abstract
This article reviews the current state of knowledge regarding the epidemiology of frailty by focusing on 6 specific areas: (1) clinical definitions of frailty, (2) evidence of frailty as a medical syndrome, (3) prevalence and incidence of frailty by age, gender, race, and ethnicity, (4) transitions between discrete frailty states, (5) natural history of manifestations of frailty criteria, and (6) behavior modifications as precursors to the development of clinical frailty.
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XUE, Q. The frailty syndrome: Definition and natural history. CLINICS IN GERIATRIC MEDICINE, 2011, 27: 1–15.