Nutritional interventions for the treatment of frailty in older adults: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty has been defined as a clinical syndrome of multicausal origin characterized by a reduction of physiologic reserves that increase the vulnerability of an individual to adverse outcomes such as the development of functional dependence and death. Considered one of the most important geriatric syndromes, frailty's prevention and management represent important goals for gerontology and geriatrics. Although nutrition plays an important role within the multifactorial susceptibility for this syndrome, up to the present no systematic review specifically addressed the effectiveness of nutritional interventions for the treatment of frailty. Therefore, we propose the present systematic review with the aim to assess the effectiveness of nutritional interventions for the treat

SUBMITTER: Moraes MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314758 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature