Journal article
Effectiveness of interventions to prevent pre-frailty and frailty progression in older adults
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the best available evidence regarding the effectiveness of interventions for preventing frailty progression in older adults.
INTRODUCTION: Frailty is an age-related state of decreased physiological reserves characterized by an increased risk of poor clinical outcomes. Evidence supporting the malleability of frailty, its prevention and treatment, has been presented.
Authors
Apóstolo J; Cooke R; Bobrowicz-Campos E; Santana S; Marcucci M; Cano A; Vollenbroek-Hutten M; Germini F; D’Avanzo B; Gwyther H
Journal
JBI Evidence Synthesis, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 140–232
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 2018
DOI
10.11124/jbisrir-2017-003382
ISSN
1838-2142