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Garbin AJ, DeVone F, Bayer TA, Stevens-Lapsley J, Abul Y, Singh M, Leeder C, Halladay C, McConeghy KW, Gravenstein S, Rudolph JL. Changes in Physical Function and Physical Therapy Use in Older Veterans Not Infected by CoVID-19 Residing in Community Living Centers during the CoVID-19 Pandemic. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2024; 25:105120. [PMID: 38945171 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Examine physical function change and physical therapy (PT) use in short-stay and long-stay residents not infected by CoVID-19 within Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Living Centers (CLCs). DESIGN Retrospective cohort study using Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 assessments. SETTINGS AND PARTICIPANTS 12,606 Veterans in 133 VA CLCs between September 2019 and September 2020. METHODS Difference in physical function [MDS Activities of Daily Living Score (MDS-ADL)] and PT use (minutes in past 7 days) from admission to last assessment in a period were compared between the pre-CoVID-19 (September 2019 to February 2020) and early CoVID-19 (April 2020 to September 2020) period using mixed effects regression with multivariable adjustment. Assessments after a positive CoVID-19 test were excluded. Differences were examined in the sample and repeated after stratifying into short- and long-stay stratums. RESULTS Veterans admitted during early CoVID-19 had more comorbidities, worse MDS-ADL scores, and were more often long-stay residents compared with those admitted during pre-CoVID-19. In comparison to pre-CoVID-19, Veterans in VA CLCs during early CoVID-19 experienced greater improvements in their MDS-ADL (-0.49 points, 95% CI -0.27, -0.71) and received similar minutes of therapy (2.6 minutes, 95% CI -0.8, 6.0). Stratification revealed short-stay residents had relative improvements in their function (-0.69 points, 95% CI -0.44, -0.94) and higher minutes of PT (5.1 minutes, 95% CI 0.9, 9.2) during early CoVID-19 whereas long-stay residents did not see differences in functional change (0.08 points, 95% CI -0.36, 0.51) or PT use (-0.6 minutes, 95% CI -6.1, 4.9). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS During early CoVID-19, physical function improved while the amount of PT received was maintained compared with pre-CoVID-19 for Veterans in VA CLCs. Short-stay residents experienced greater improvements in physical function and increases in PT use. These findings may be partly due to selection bias relating to Veterans admitted to CLCs during early CoVID-19.
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- Alexander J Garbin
- VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO, USA; Physical Therapy Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
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- Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS-COIN), Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS-COIN), Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- VA Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC), VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO, USA; Physical Therapy Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS-COIN), Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS-COIN), Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Clifton Springs Hospital, Clifton Springs, NY, USA
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- Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS-COIN), Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS-COIN), Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS-COIN), Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
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- Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS-COIN), Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA; Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA; Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
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Mabe-Castro D, Gomez KT, Castillo-Aguilar M, Jannas-Vela S, Guzmán-Muñoz E, Valdés-Badilla P, Núñez-Espinosa C. Frailty, Seasonal Sensitivity and Health-related Quality of Life in Older People Living in High Southern Latitudes: a Bayesian Analysis. Can Geriatr J 2024; 27:56-62. [PMID: 38433882 PMCID: PMC10896209 DOI: 10.5770/cgj.27.719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2024] Open
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Background In older people, a notable research gap exists regarding the intricate dynamics between frailty, seasonal sensitivity, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). This study aimed to determine the association between frailty, seasonal sensitivity, and HRQoL in older people from high southern latitudes. Methods A cross-sectional observational study was conducted. Frailty, seasonal sensitivity, and HRQoL measurements were self-reported by participants through questionnaires. A total of 118 older people were recruited from a local community. The participants were selected through intentional non-probabilistic sampling. Results The adjusted models showed a trend where lower education was associated with a higher risk of frailty (BF = 0.218). For frailty and HRQoL, we observed a trend suggesting that HRQoL decreases with increasing severity of frailty (BF = 1.76). In addition, we observed a linear effect based on the severity of seasonal sensitivity, meaning that older people with higher perceived severity report a proportional decrease in HRQoL (BF = 6.66). Conclusion Sociodemographic factors, such as lower education levels, have increased the risk of frailty. At the same time, frailty and seasonal sensitivity perceived severity were associated with a lower HRQoL in older people.
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- Diego Mabe-Castro
- Centro Asistencial Docente y de Investigación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas
- Kinesiology Department, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas
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- Centro Asistencial Docente y de Investigación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas
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- Centro Asistencial Docente y de Investigación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas
- Kinesiology Department, University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas
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- Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Unviersidad de O’Higgins, Rancagua
- Interuniversity Center for Healthy Aging RED21993, Talca
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- Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago
- Escuela de Kinesiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca
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- Department of Physical Activity Sciences, Faculty of Education Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca
- Carrera de Entrenador Deportivo, Escuela de Educación, Universidad Viña del Mar, Valparaiso
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- Centro Asistencial Docente y de Investigación, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas
- Interuniversity Center for Healthy Aging RED21993, Talca
- Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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Suulamo U, Remes H, Tarkiainen L, Murphy M, Martikainen P. Excess winter mortality in Finland, 1971-2019: a register-based study on long-term trends and effect modification by sociodemographic characteristics and pre-existing health conditions. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e079471. [PMID: 38309756 PMCID: PMC10840061 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES Excess winter mortality is a well-established phenomenon across the developed world. However, whether individual-level factors increase vulnerability to the effects of winter remains inadequately examined. Our aim was to assess long-term trends in excess winter mortality in Finland and estimate the modifying effect of sociodemographic and health characteristics on the risk of winter death. DESIGN Nationwide register study. SETTING Finland. PARTICIPANTS Population aged 60 years and over, resident in Finland, 1971-2019. OUTCOME MEASURES Age-adjusted winter and non-winter death rates, and winter-to-non-winter rate ratios and relative risks (multiplicative interaction effects between winter and modifying characteristics). RESULTS We found a decreasing trend in the relative winter excess mortality over five decades and a drop in the series around 2000. During 2000-2019, winter mortality rates for men and women were 11% and 14% higher than expected based on non-winter rates. The relative risk of winter death increased with age but did not vary by income. Compared with those living with at least one other person, individuals in institutions had a higher relative risk (1.07, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.08). Most pre-existing health conditions did not predict winter death, but persons with dementia emerged at greater relative risk (1.06, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.07). CONCLUSIONS Although winter mortality seems to affect frail people more strongly-those of advanced age, living in institutions and with dementia-there is an increased risk even beyond the more vulnerable groups. Protection of high-risk groups should be complemented with population-level preventive measures.
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- Ulla Suulamo
- Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, University of Helsinki Faculty of Social Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
- Max Planck - University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, Helsinki, Finland
- International Max Planck Research School for Population, Health and Data Science, Rostock, Germany
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- Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, University of Helsinki Faculty of Social Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
- Max Planck - University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, Helsinki, Finland
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- Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, University of Helsinki Faculty of Social Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
- Max Planck - University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, Helsinki, Finland
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- The London School of Economics and Political Science Department of Social Policy, London, UK
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- Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health, University of Helsinki Faculty of Social Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
- Max Planck - University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, Helsinki, Finland
- Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany
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Dent E, Hanlon P, Sim M, Jylhävä J, Liu Z, Vetrano DL, Stolz E, Pérez-Zepeda MU, Crabtree DR, Nicholson C, Job J, Ambagtsheer RC, Ward PR, Shi SM, Huynh Q, Hoogendijk EO. Recent developments in frailty identification, management, risk factors and prevention: A narrative review of leading journals in geriatrics and gerontology. Ageing Res Rev 2023; 91:102082. [PMID: 37797723 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2023.102082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Frailty is an age-related clinical condition characterised by an increased susceptibility to stressors and an elevated risk of adverse outcomes such as mortality. In the light of global population ageing, the prevalence of frailty is expected to soar in coming decades. This narrative review provides critical insights into recent developments and emerging practices in frailty research regarding identification, management, risk factors, and prevention. We searched journals in the top two quartiles of geriatrics and gerontology (from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports) for articles published between 01 January 2018 and 20 December 2022. Several recent developments were identified, including new biomarkers and biomarker panels for frailty screening and diagnosis, using artificial intelligence to identify frailty, and investigating the altered response to medications by older adults with frailty. Other areas with novel developments included exercise (including technology-based exercise), multidimensional interventions, person-centred and integrated care, assistive technologies, analysis of frailty transitions, risk-factors, clinical guidelines, COVID-19, and potential future treatments. This review identified a strong need for the implementation and evaluation of cost-effective, community-based interventions to manage and prevent frailty. Our findings highlight the need to better identify and support older adults with frailty and involve those with frailty in shared decision-making regarding their care.
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- Elsa Dent
- Research Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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- Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Faculty of Social Sciences, Unit of Health Sciences and Gerontology Research Center, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- Second Affiliated Hospital and School of Public Health, The Key Laboratory of Intelligent Preventive Medicine of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China
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- Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Instituto Nacional de Geriatría, Dirección de Investigación, ciudad de México, Mexico; Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICSA), FCS, Universidad Anáhuac México Campus Norte, Huixquilucan Edo. de México
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- Centre for Health System Reform & Integration, Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Centre for Health System Reform & Integration, Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Research Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Research Centre for Public Health, Equity and Human Flourishing, Torrens University Australia, Adelaide, Australia
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- Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging, Hebrew Senior Life, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology & Data Science and Department of General Practice, Amsterdam UMC, Location VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Ageing & Later Life Research Program, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Lee J, Kim J, Holden R. Physical and Mental Health Differences Reported by Three Age Groups of Older Adults With Diabetes. Gerontol Geriatr Med 2022; 8:23337214211055897. [PMID: 35024380 PMCID: PMC8744151 DOI: 10.1177/23337214211055897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Most studies have classified older adults with diabetes into one group despite substantial variation in health status across different stages of late adulthood. In this study, we examined difference in self-reported physical and mental health among three age groups of older adults with diabetes. Using data from the 2016 National Social Life, Health and Aging Project, Wave 3, we classified 424 individuals diagnosed with diabetes into three age groups, young-old (YO): 50-64 years; middle-old (MO): 65-74; and oldest old (OO): 75+ years. A one-way multivariate analysis of covariance was used to assess group differences, followed by univariate analyses. The results indicate that the YO group reported significantly lower physical health and higher depression than the MO group and higher levels of loneliness than the MO and OO groups. These findings indicate that physical and mental health may differ among different age groups of older adults with diabetes and suggest that the YO might be more vulnerable to diminished physical and mental health than the other age groups.
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Kang J, Jeong YJ, Jang JH, Lee M. Risk Factors for Frailty in Critical Care Survivors: A secondary analysis. Intensive Crit Care Nurs 2020; 64:102981. [PMID: 33358896 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2020.102981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of frailty and its risk factors among critical care survivors who were discharged after receiving treatment in an intensive care unit. METHODS This was a secondary analysis using data from a methodological study conducted between June and August 2018. The sample included 494 adults who had been admitted to the intensive care unit for more than 48 hours within a year. Only post-intensive care frailty was evaluated using the Kihon Checklist. The sociodemographic and intensive care-related risk factors for frailty were analysed using multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS The prevalence of frailty in the sample was 65.8%. The risk factors for frailty were female sex (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.68, 95% CI: 1.02-2.78), aged 70 years or older (aOR = 4.16, 95% CI: 2.00-8.65), unemployment (aOR = 2.41, 95% CI: 1.39-4.17) and longer ICU days (aOR = 2.29, 95% CI: 1.35-3.91). Analysis of differences in risk factors according to sex revealed that risk factors for frailty were unemployment and longer ICU length of stay for male and older age for female. CONCLUSION Health care providers should be aware of frailty risk factors in female and male patients and provide patient-specific interventions for preventing frailty.
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- Jiyeon Kang
- College of Nursing, Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Nursing, Dongju College, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Nursing, Dongju College, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Nursing, Youngsan University, Yangsan, South Korea.
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Takeda C, Angioni D, Setphan E, Macaron T, De Souto Barreto P, Sourdet S, Sierra F, Vellas B. Age-Related Frailty: A Clinical Model for Geroscience? J Nutr Health Aging 2020; 24:1140-1143. [PMID: 33244574 DOI: 10.1007/s12603-020-1491-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In their everyday practice, geriatricians are confronted with the fact that older age and multimorbidity are associated to frailty. Indeed, if we take the example of a very old person with no diseases that progressively becomes frail with no other explanation, there is a natural temptation to link frailty to aging. On the other hand, when an old person with a medical history of diabetes, arthritis and congestive heart failure becomes frail there appears an obvious relationship between frailty and comorbidity. The unsolved question is: Considering that frailty is multifactorial and in the majority of cases comorbidity and aging are acting synergistically, can we disentangle the main contributor to the origin of frailty: disease or aging? We believe that it is important to be able to differentiate age-related frailty from frailty related to comorbidity. In fact, with the emergence of geroscience, the physiopathology, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment will probably have to be different in the future.
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- C Takeda
- Dr Catherine Takeda, MD, Gérontopôle, CHU Toulouse, Cité de la Santé, Hôpital La Grave, Place Lange, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France, Tel : +33.(0)5.17.77.70.28, Fax +33.(0)5.61.77.70.71, E-mail :
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