The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) offers a practical alternative: a 9-point, bedside, visually assessed tool that can be completed in minutes. However, key questions remain—how closely this ...

A new study classifies frailty in older people, coming up with two subtypes. The classification may further help clinicians manage frailty and deliver more customized care. The study evaluated the ...

The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) offers a practical alternative: a 9-point, bedside, visually assessed tool that can be completed in minutes. However, key questions remain-how closely this ...

Patients with heart failure who had worse clinical frailty scores at discharge were also at higher risk of death within the next 2 years. Frailty is closely linked to adverse outcomes in older adults, ...

The researchers proposed using the FRAIL Scale modified to include an extra item on time since completion of cancer treatment and a cut-off of 2 or higher to assess frailty in older adult cancer ...

In this review, we first provide a brief overview of frailty, including biologic mechanisms, measurement, and clinical management. This overview is followed by a discussion of approaches to ...

Researchers conducted focus group discussion and interviews with PLWH aged 60 and older attending HIV health check to assess perceptions of frailty and screening. The five-item FRAIL scale (which ...

Researchers at a Scottish university have discovered a measure used to assess the health of older people can improve quality of life for younger patients. Frailty is a condition usually recognised in ...

Abstract Frailty captures multiple physical, mental, and social vulnerabilities that affect older adults with cancer and is associated with clinical outcomes. A major challenge in oncology is how best ...