Sentence examples for dimensions of frailty from inspiring English sources

Thus far, the social and psychological dimensions of frailty have not been sufficiently verified.

For this reason, an assessment of the various dimensions of frailty is obviously needed.

35 Finally, Ament et al did not find any additional effect of psychological and social dimensions of frailty on disability, quality of life, and hospital admission.

FA enabled the identification of latent dimensions of frailty that may not have been apparent from direct observation of the data.

It is clinically relevant to use the GFI as a multidimensional scale consisting of three subscales in order to direct the most appropriate care and to provide focused support to older adults facing problems in the different dimensions of frailty.

The number of dimensions of frailty vary [ 48– 50], however Brehmer and Weber's (2010) [ 18] categorization complies with the notion that frailty should include the environmental and social context of a person [ 14].

6, 13, 14, 23– 32 The majority of them compared two or more unidimensional frailty instruments based exclusively on the physical dimension of frailty.

In addition, interviews and examinations performed every third year are designed to study the health-related quality of life, objective changes in physical and mental health performance, as well as changes in dimensions of the frailty phenotype.

These results are also consistent with those found in the fields of geriatric frailty and sarcopenia, where these items are commonly referred to as indicators of strength: walking and strength constitute two separate sub-dimensions of the frailty construct [ 52, 53], and strength is a predictor of mobility decline and is a more intense predictor in men than women [ 54].

This study has shown that community-dwelling older people may benefit from interventions that enhance a broad repertoire of self-management abilities, as described in the SMW theory [ 7], which may also influence all dimensions (physical, psychological, and social) of frailty [ 16].

Epidemiological studies have linked physical frailty and cognitive impairment: frailty increases the risk of cognitive decline and cognitive impairment increases the risk of frailty, therefore, both dimensions would benefit from being addressed[ 23, 24].