ArticleZeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie2012
[Resources and risks in old age: the LUCAS-I marker set for a classification of elderly people as fit, pre-frail and frail. First results on validity from the Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study (LUCAS), Hamburg].
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- Instruments for the detection of frailty syndrome in older adults: A systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
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- Frailty in elderly patients with acute appendicitis.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022Article
- The conceptual and practical definitions of frailty in older adults: a systematic review.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2021Review
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- [Frailty as potential indicator of perioperative risk for older patients].Der Anaesthesist · 2020Review
- [Geriatric patients in orthopedics].Der Orthopade · 2019Article
- Determinants of Perioperative Outcome in Frail Older Patients.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Review
- [Frailty in Germany: status and perspectives : Results from a workshop of the German Society for Epidemiology].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2016Review
- Frailty.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2016Article
- Long-term prediction of changes in health status, frailty, nursing care and mortality in community-dwelling senior citizens—results from the Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study (LUCAS).BMC geriatrics · 2014Article
- The prevalence of falls in adults aged 40 years or older in an urban, German population. Results from a telephone survey.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2014Article
- [Health and competence: detection and decoding using comprehensive assessments in the Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study (LUCAS)].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a need for a simple self-administered instrument to assess frailty in community-dwelling seniors.
methodsWe present a new marker set to assess the functional state of seniors. Contrary to current literature, we focus not only on risks, but also include resources. The questions relate to facts (ways to do things), rather than on subjective information (e.g. exhaustion). It was developed in the context of the Longitudinal Urban Cohort Ageing Study (LUCAS) in Hamburg, Germany.
resultsThe classification based on these questions proposes operational definitions of the terms fit, pre-frail and frail and is predictive for need for nursing care as well as mortality. A wealth of results establishes the validity of the categorisation compared to other health questions. One of the classification questions concerns cycling. For areas where cycling is not suitable, we propose to replace this question with one about independently walking 500 m. However, the cycling question appears to indicate frailty earlier.
conclusionThe self-administered questionnaire provides a simple, cost-effective way to screen seniors for early signs of declining function in order to start preventive action.
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