[Frailty in older population: a brief position paper from the French society of geriatrics and gerontology]. / La fragilité de la personne âgée: un consensus bref de la Société française de gériatrie et gérontologie.
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
; 9(4): 387-90, 2011 Dec.
Article
in Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22182814
ABSTRACT
Frailty in the older population is a clinical syndrome which evaluate a risk level. The Frailty syndrome defines a reduction of the adaptation capacity to a stress. It can be modulated by physical, psychological and social factors. The screening of the frailty syndrome is relevant for older people without disability for basic activities of daily living. The clinical criteria of frailty must be predictive of the risk of functional decline and adverse outcomes, consensual at the international level, and easy to perform in primary care as well as in the clinical researches.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Societies, Medical
/
Frail Elderly
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Geriatrics
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
/
Screening_studies
Aspects:
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
/
Humans
Language:
Fr
Journal:
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article