The results are analysed regarding to two hypothetical situations: what would be the preferred living situation in case of a healthy ageing and what would it be in case of frailty.
This kind of motor planning change (less trunk flexion) could be interpreted as an impairment of motor prediction (ie, anticipatory postural adjustments), that have been clearly shown to be impaired in older adults, 28, 29 especially in the case of frailty.
While many constructs are distinct yet share substantial overlap (as in the case of the frailty and depression constructs), it may be useful to ask the following questions: Are the distinctions between these two syndromes clinically relevant, and if so, why should we care if they are 'overlapping constructs'?
The most common routes of drug administration are oral and injectable, which may display some limitations for older people, in cases of dysphagia or frailty for example.
In cases of vulnerability and frailty, additional geriatric interventions including a CGA might be needed.
Henderson and Oman [ 49] in a theoretical method revealed that in case of non-use of frailty model when there is frailty effect bias may occur in the estimates of regression coefficients.
A future clinical validation of SHARE-FI75+ may enable primary care implementation of frailty case finding with solely self-reported and observational markers not requiring additional equipment or techniques.
Illness can cause temporary episodes of frailty.
One case against him for "abuse of frailty", in which it was alleged that he took advantage of Liliane Bettencourt, the billionaire heiress to the L'Oréal cosmetics empire, to secure campaign finance for his 2007 election, was dropped last October.
First, in some cases, instruments used as multidimensional measures of frailty are based on a series of indicators (eg, disability, comorbidity, polypharmacy, cohabitation status) that have been recognized as determinants of frailty or frailty consequences, and not as direct measures of frailty status.
