A Systematic Review of Frailty Trajectories: Their Shape And Influencing Factors.

DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Findings that the gradient of frailty progression is affected by various influencing factors are valuable to clinicians and policymakers as will help identify those at highest frailty risk and inform prevention strategies. However, the heterogeneous methodological approaches of the publications included in this review highlights the need for consensus within the field to promote more coordinated research. Improved consistency of methods will enable further data synthesis and facilitate a greater understanding of the shape of frailty over time and the influencing factors contributing to change, the results of which could have crucial implications for frailty risk reduction. PMID: 32485739 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Gerontologist - June 1, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Welstead M, Jenkins ND, Russ T, Luciano M, Muniz-Terrera G Tags: Gerontologist Source Type: research