ReviewBMJ global health2024
Frailty: a global health challenge in need of local action.
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47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- From malnutrition to multimodal care: a bibliometric and knowledge mapping analysis of frailty research in cancer.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment and management in primary care: a systematic literature review with a descriptive mapping of team composition and assessment instruments.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of wearables with behavioral prompts on physical and cognitive outcomes in community-dwelling older adults: preliminary results of a pilot randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Trial
- An explainable online frailty prediction model for community-dwelling older adults based on machine learning algorithms: a cross-sectional study based on retrospective health data.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- Recommendations for the management of frailty in chronic kidney disease: a consensus report.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2026Review
- Cardiovascular frailty - an emerging frailty phenotype.Journal of human hypertension · 2026Review
- Colon Capsule Endoscopy-Measured Colonic Transit Time Is Associated with Frailty in Older Adults.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Frailty Index and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in China: Evidence from a Cohort Study, Disease Burden Analysis, and Mendelian Randomization.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Living Lab Concept in the Detection, Prevention and Monitoring of Geriatric Syndromes in Elderly Patients with Cardiovascular Disease-A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- oral functional limitation and long-term frailty trajectories: a 6-year cohort study of community-dwelling older adults in Korea.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Rethinking Health System Readiness for Frailty Management: Frontline Perspectives from Indonesia and Malaysia.Health care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy · 2026Article
- The association between frailty and quality of life in elderly population in Southern Iran: Findings from the Bushehr Elderly Health Program.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Defining Frailty in Chinese-Language Biomedical Literature (2014-2024): A Decade of Conceptual Evolution.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2026Review
- Developing the Spanish Version of the Fraboni Scale of Ageism: Cross-Cultural Adaptation with Initial Reliability and Content Validity Findings.Clinics and practice · 2026Article
- The Application of Metabolomics in Frailty: Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions.Metabolites · 2026Review
- Association of latent class trajectories of frailty with incident symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in Chinese postmenopausal women: a nationwide cohort study from China.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Equitable Digital Frailty Screening for Marginalized Older Adults Using Audio Computer-Assisted Self-Interview: Collaborative Development Guide and User Testing Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Community-based health-focused longitudinal aging studies in East and Southeast Asia: landscape and future directions.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2026Review
- Australian Consensus Statement on the Prevention and Management of Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Modified Delphi Study.The Medical journal of Australia · 2026Article
- Predictive value of the atherogenic index of plasma for frailty in older adults.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Frailty is a complex, age-related clinical condition that involves multiple contributing factors and raises the risk of adverse outcomes in older people. Given global population ageing trends, the growing prevalence and incidence of frailty pose significant challenges to health and social care systems in both high-income and lower-income countries. In this review, we highlight the disproportionate representation of research on frailty screening and management from high-income countries, despite how lower-income countries are projected to have a larger share of older people aged ≥60. However, more frailty research has been emerging from lower-income countries in recent years, paving the way for more context-specific guidelines and studies that validate frailty assessment tools and evaluate frailty interventions in the population. We then present further considerations for contextualising frailty in research and practice in lower-income countries. First, the heterogeneous manifestations of frailty call for research that reflects different geographies, populations, health systems, community settings and policy priorities; this can be driven by supportive collaborative systems between high-income and lower-income countries. Second, the global narrative around frailty and ageing needs re-evaluation, given the negative connotations linked with frailty and the introduction of intrinsic capacity by the World Health Organization as a measure of functional reserves throughout the life course. Finally, the social determinants of health as possible risk factors for frailty in lower-income countries and global majority populations, and potential socioeconomic threats of frailty to national economies warrant proactive frailty screening in these populations.
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