Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Frailty syndrome, characterized by age-related physiological decline of systems and organs, causes increased vulnerability, increasing the risk of adverse health outcomes. Proactive identification by family physicians of older people at risk of frailty is the first step of evaluation and provides opportunities to intervene to delay functional decline. Annual assessment of patients during integrated preventive consultations includes elements for identifying frailty syndrome. Screening for frailty conducted by the family doctor is the first step in the early diagnosis of frailty. Frail patients are evaluated through a multidisciplinary approach, involving complex and individualized stages for each patient. This multidisciplinary evaluation serves as the basis for developing a personalized treatment plan and for continuous monitoring of the patient.
Authors: Mihaela Adela IANCU, Mihaela Nicoleta SANDU, Adriana TICARAU, Ramona Dorothea CALIN, Daniela POPESCU, Calin POPOVICI, "Alessandrescu-Rusescu" National Institutute for Mother and Child Health; Bucharest, Romania, Andrei KOZMA
Language: English
Topic: Frailty in Older Adults
Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4411381632