Increasing use of cognitive measures in the operational definition of frailty-A systematic review

Ageing is associated both with frailty and cognitive decline. The quest for a unifying approach has led to a new concept: cognitive frailty. This systematic review explores the contribution of cognitive assessment in frailty operationalization. PubMed, Web of Knowledge and PsycINFO were searched unt...

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Published in:Ageing research reviews 2018-05, Vol.43, p.10-16
Main Authors: Vella Azzopardi, R, Beyer, I, Vermeiren, S, Petrovic, M, Van Den Noortgate, N, Bautmans, I, Gorus, E
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Language:English
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Summary:Ageing is associated both with frailty and cognitive decline. The quest for a unifying approach has led to a new concept: cognitive frailty. This systematic review explores the contribution of cognitive assessment in frailty operationalization. PubMed, Web of Knowledge and PsycINFO were searched until December 2016 using the keywords aged; frail elderly; aged, 80 and over; frailty; diagnosis; risk assessment and classification, yielding 2863 hits. Seventy-nine articles were included, describing 94 frailty instruments. Two instruments were not sufficiently specified and excluded. 46% of the identified frailty instruments included cognition. Of these, 85% were published after 2010, with a significant difference for publication date (X  = 8.45, p 
ISSN:1568-1637
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DOI:10.1016/j.arr.2018.01.003