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Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge
Frailty is a major health condition associated with ageing. Although the concept is almost universally accepted, its operational definition remains controversial. Anyway, this geriatric condition represents a huge potential public health issue at both the patient and the societal levels because of i...
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2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25866625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-015-0068-x |
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author | Buckinx, Fanny Rolland, Yves Reginster, Jean-Yves Ricour, Céline Petermans, Jean Bruyère, Olivier |
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description | Frailty is a major health condition associated with ageing. Although the concept is almost universally accepted, its operational definition remains controversial. Anyway, this geriatric condition represents a huge potential public health issue at both the patient and the societal levels because of its multiple clinical, societal consequences and its dynamic nature. Here, we review existing definitions and assessment tools for frailty, we highlight consequences of this geriatric condition and we discuss the importance of its screening and prevention to limit its public health burden. |
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spelling | pubmed-43926302015-04-11 Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge Buckinx, Fanny Rolland, Yves Reginster, Jean-Yves Ricour, Céline Petermans, Jean Bruyère, Olivier Arch Public Health Commentary Frailty is a major health condition associated with ageing. Although the concept is almost universally accepted, its operational definition remains controversial. Anyway, this geriatric condition represents a huge potential public health issue at both the patient and the societal levels because of its multiple clinical, societal consequences and its dynamic nature. Here, we review existing definitions and assessment tools for frailty, we highlight consequences of this geriatric condition and we discuss the importance of its screening and prevention to limit its public health burden. BioMed Central 2015-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4392630/ /pubmed/25866625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-015-0068-x Text en © Buckinx et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Buckinx, Fanny Rolland, Yves Reginster, Jean-Yves Ricour, Céline Petermans, Jean Bruyère, Olivier Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge |
title | Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge |
title_full | Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge |
title_fullStr | Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge |
title_full_unstemmed | Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge |
title_short | Burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge |
title_sort | burden of frailty in the elderly population: perspectives for a public health challenge |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4392630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25866625 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-015-0068-x |
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