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Determine the prevalence of frailty among community-dwelling older individuals and evaluate how differing diagnostic operationalizations influence reported estimates.

August 1, 2012Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Prevalence of Frailty in Community‐Dwelling Older Persons: A Systematic Review

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RCRose M. CollardRadboud University Nijmegen HBHan BoterUniversity of Copenhagen RSRobert A. SchoeversUniversity Medical Center Groningen

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Systematic review reveals widely differing frailty prevalence in community-dwelling older adults, highlighting the need to standardize clinical operationalization.

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Determine the prevalence of frailty among community-dwelling older individuals and evaluate how differing diagnostic operationalizations influence reported estimates.
Systematically reviewed epidemiological and clinical literature evaluating frailty in community-dwelling older populations.
Assessed variability in reported frailty rates according to the specific criteria and diagnostic instruments applied.
Frailty prevalence varies widely across published investigations due to substantial discrepancies in operational definitions.
Methodological heterogeneity across evaluation instruments directly restricts comparability between clinical trials and population cohorts.

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Collard et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d78a9c3fae90fd6048fa72 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04054.x

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Systematic review reveals widely differing frailty prevalence in community-dwelling older adults, highlighting the need to standardize clinical operationalization.

Prevalence of Frailty in Community‐Dwelling Older Persons: A Systematic Review

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Prevalence of Frailty in Community‐Dwelling Older Persons: A Systematic Review

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