Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18165842›Full record

SynthesisThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2008

The I.A.N.A Task Force on frailty assessment of older people in clinical practice.

G Abellan van Kan, Y Rolland, H Bergman, J E Morley, S B Kritchevsky, B Vellas

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Synthesis in The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 432 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

432 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  15. Encouraging older adults with pre-frailty and frailty to "MoveStrong": an analysis of secondary outcomes for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2022
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  16. Association Between Long-Term Aspirin Use and Frailty in Men: The Physicians' Health Study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

G Abellan van KanDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Pavillon J.P. Junod, CHU Toulouse, 170 avenue de Casselardit, TSA40031, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France. abellan-van-kan-g@chu-toulouse.fr
Y Rolland
H Bergman
J E Morley
S B Kritchevsky
B Vellas

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frailty is a commonly used term indicating older persons at increased risk for adverse outcomes such as onset of disability, morbidity, institutionalisation or mortality or who experience a failure to integrate adequate responses in the face of stress. Although most physicians caring for older people recognize the importance of frailty, there is still a lack of both consensus definition and consensual clinical assessment tools. The aim of the present manuscript was to perform a comprehensive review of the definitions and assessment tools on frailty in clinical practice and research, combining evidence derived from a systematic review of literature along with an expert opinion of a European, Canadian and American Geriatric Advisory Panel (GAP). There was no consensus on a definition of frailty but there was agreement to consider frailty as a pre-disability stage. Being disability a consequence rather than the cause of frailty, frail older people do not necessary need to be disabled. The GAP considered that disability (as a consequence of frailty) should not be included in frailty definitions and assessment tools. Although no consensual assessment tool could be proposed, gait speed could represent the most suitable instrument to be implemented both in research and clinical evaluation of older people, as assessment of gait speed at usual pace is a quick, inexpensive and highly reliable measure of frailty.

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Activities of Daily LivingDisability EvaluationFrail ElderlyTerminology as TopicAged, 80 and overCognition DisordersConsensusFemaleGaitGeriatric AssessmentHumansMaleMobility Limitation

Identifiers

PMID18165842
PMCPMC12892609

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