Global Incidence of Frailty and Prefrailty Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome of significant public health importance, yet there is limited understanding of the risk of frailty development at a population level.

Objective

To estimate the global incidence of frailty and prefrailty among community-dwelling adults 60 years or older.

Data sources

MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Web of Science, CINAHL Plus, and AMED (Allied and Complementary Medicine Database) were searched from inception to January 2019 without language restrictions using combinations of the keywords frailty, older adults, and incidence. The reference lists of eligible studies were hand searched.

Study selection

In the systematic review, 2 authors undertook the search, article screening, and study selection. Cohort studies that re

SUBMITTER: Ofori-Asenso R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6681553 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature