Factors associated with frailty in community-dwelling elderly population. A cross-sectional study

Conclusions Factors identified as associated with frailty may alert healthcare professionals and help them to identify subjects at risk fragilization. Good control over underlying diseases and pain, rationalizing use of medications, optimizing nutritional status and body weight, promoting physical activity and improving social support may contribute to preventing or even reverting frailty. However, these hypotheses need to be tested.

Source: European Geriatric Medicine - October 28, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research