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A Clinical Frailty Scale é uma escala válida, confiável e prática para predizer desfechos desfavoráveis em idosos atendidos no Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência. Sua utilização para estratificar o grau de fragilidade em idosos pode auxiliar na tomada de decisões e reduzir a incerteza prognóstica.
Frailty is highly prevalent and is associated with adverse outcomes and increased health-care costs. The global impact of frailty is expected to increase due to population ageing. Therefore, addressing frailty is an urgent public health need.
- Emiel O Hoogendijk, Jonathan Afilalo, Kristine E Ensrud, Paul Kowal, Graziano Onder, Linda P Fried
- 2019
Frailty is characterized as an energy decline syndrome resulting from changes that occur due to aging. These changes predispose the elderly to a marked reduction in muscle mass and to a chronic inflammatory state, which, when associated with diseases, immobility or other extrinsic factors, results in a decrease in the energy reserve and an ...
- Juliana Mara Andrade, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Luciana Correia Alves, Flávia Cristina Drum...
- 2019
Frailty is a complex age-related clinical condition characterised by a decline in physiological capacity across several organ systems, with a resultant increased susceptibility to stressors. Because of the heterogeneity of frailty in clinical presentation, it is important to have effective strategies for the delivery of care that range across ...
- Elsa Dent, Finbarr C Martin, Howard Bergman, Jean Woo, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Jeremy D Walston
- 2019
Frailty is a condition associated with ageing, and it has been recognized for centuries. It is a marker of a more widespread syndrome of frailty, with associated weakness, slowing, decreased energy, lower activity, and, when severe, unintended weight loss.
12 de jun. de 2023 · Frailty is an aging-related syndrome of physiological decline and vulnerability to adverse health outcomes. Learn about the definitions, pathophysiology, prevalence, and diagnosis of frailty and how to improve care for this vulnerable population.
In 2016, the life expectancy of Brazilians reached 75.7 years and is expected to be as high as 78.6 years by 2030 1. One of the consequences of the aging of the population is an increase in the prevalence of frailty syndrome although an increase in age is not synonymous with becoming frail 2.
