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Frailty

Curative treatment incorporating subjective decisions on age and frailty is not beneficial for older patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma

Alice Prevost, Hugo Poncet, Victor Benvegnu, Vinciane Poulet, Jacqueline Butterworth, Andréa Varazzani, Frédéric Lauwers, Franck Delanoë

published 25 Aug 2025

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“Around the clock”: Exploring health care professionals’ experience of discharge of older people during out of hours from the emergency department: A qualitative study

Mary Dunnion, Debbie Goode, Assumpta Ryan, Sonja McIlfatrick

published 22 Aug 2025

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Impact of frailty and its change on urinary incontinence: A longitudinal analysis from two prospective study of ageing

Xiaohan Gan, Linghao Meng, Shangqi Cao, Hexiang Bai, Xiang Li

published 20 Aug 2025

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Frailty trajectory and its associated factors in older patients undergoing abdominal surgery involving the digestive system: A longitudinal study

Jing Guo, Wenshuang Wang, Xiaoxue Zhang, Yulin Zheng, Xinran Wang

published 08 Aug 2025

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Frailty Assessment for Risk prediction in Gynecologic Oncology patients undergoing surgery and chemotherapy (FARGO) study protocol: Rationale and design of a multi-centre prospective cohort study

Julie My Van Nguyen, Danielle Vicus, Liat Hogen, Tiffany Zigras, Guillaume Paré, Michael Chong, Yetiani Roldan Benitez, P. J. Devereaux, Sandra Ofori, Flavia K. Borges, Emily Di Sante, Denise Miletic, Olivia Panus, Jessica Vincent, Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige, Sofia Nene, Ameen Patel, Maura Marcucci

published 28 Jul 2025

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Assessing changes in frailty status in an elderly population: Analysis of results from the SFGE tool

Edoardo Carnevale, Michele Bisogno, Edoardo Trebbi, Clara Donnoli, Fausto Ciccacci, Fabio Riccardi, Paola Scarcella, Giuseppe Liotta

published 14 Jul 2025

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Surface electromyographic characteristics of lower limb muscles in frail older adults: Protocol for an observational case - control study

Pingping Huang, Linjing Wu, Shiqi Chen, Jiahua Li, Yu Zhang, Yuan Chen

published 03 Jul 2025

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The serum vitamin D levels alleviate the influence of dietary inflammation on frailty: A cross-sectional analysis in the U.S. older adults

Yali Wang, Ning Yan, Yiling Luo, Kai Liu, Junru Wang, Jiahui Zhang, Xiaojun Ma, Jing Wang, Zhuoyuan Li, Liqun Wang

published 30 Jun 2025

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Evaluating the predictive value of frailty scores for critical care admission and hospital stay in elderly surgical patients: A comparison of the mFI-5 and CCI

Marc Lincoln, Liadán Tobin-Schnittger, Marianne Foley, Dulmi Nawartha, Pádraig Ó Scanaill

published 13 Jun 2025

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SHIP-AGE: Frailty, renal function, and multi-component primary care in rural Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (MV-FIT)- study protocol

Maik Gollasch, Yulia Komleva, Dmitry Tsvetkov, Felix Morof, Mladen V. Tzvetkov, Till Ittermann, Marcus Vollmer, Uta Zahn-Tesch, Holger Kock, Franziska Schuster, Neeltje van den Berg, Henry Völzke, Stefan Engeli, Lieven Kennes, Marwan Mannaa

published 09 Jun 2025

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Bidirectional genetic links between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and frailty: Genome-wide association study insights

Fuhui Yan, Tong Wu, Qiang Meng, Feng Qu

published 29 May 2025

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Decline in oral function contributes to decreased activities of daily living at discharge in elderly patients with heart failure

Misaki Nakamura, Kanako Yamamoto, Shinichi Nozaki, Takahiro Saeki, Wataru Omi, Chieko Kato, Masaru Inoue, Tomoya Harada, Satoru Sakagami

published 28 May 2025

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Analysis of alterations in the composition of the intestinal microbiota in frail older individuals

Chuan Zhang, Lu Gong, Shilan Luo, Lamei Yang, Xiaoli Yan

published 08 May 2025

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