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ReviewFrontiers in public health2024

Scale-based screening and assessment of age-related frailty.

Xiao-Ming Wang, Yuan-Hui Zhang, Chen-Chen Meng, Lu Fan, Lei Wei, Yan-Yang Li, Xue-Zheng Liu, Shi-Chao Lv

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Xiao-Ming Wang *First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China.
Yuan-Hui Zhang *First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China.
Chen-Chen MengFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China.
Lu FanFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China.
Lei WeiFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China.
Yan-Yang LiDepartment of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, China.
Xue-Zheng LiuFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China.
Shi-Chao LvFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the population ages, the prevalence of age-related frailty increases sharply, which increases the risk of poor health status of older adults, such as disability, falls, hospitalization, and death. Across the globe, frailty is moving toward the forefront of health and medical research. Currently, frailty is believed to be preventable and reversible, so the early identification of frailty is critical. However, there are neither precise biomarkers of frailty nor definitive laboratory tests and corresponding clinical testing techniques and equipment in clinical practice. As a result, the clinical identification of frailty is mainly achieved through the widely used frailty scale, which is an objective, simple, time-saving, effective, economical, and feasible measurement tool. In this narrative review, we summarized and analyzed the various existing frailty scales from different perspectives of screening and evaluation, aiming to provide a reference for clinical researchers and practitioners to judge and manage frail older people accurately.

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Frail ElderlyFrailtyGeriatric AssessmentAgedAged, 80 and overHumansMass Screeningassessmentfrailtyolder peoplescalescreening

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PMID39758207
PMCPMC11697701

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