Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter
Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter
Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter
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Frailty according to Fried<br />
• Sarcopaenia<br />
– lowest quintile for hand-grip strength<br />
• Exhaustion<br />
– I felt that everything I did was an effort<br />
– I could not get going<br />
– I could not get going 3/5 – frail<br />
1-2/5 – pre-frail<br />
– self-reported unintentional weight loss of ≥ 5kg in the<br />
previous year<br />
0/5 – non-frail<br />
• Nutrient–energy imbalance<br />
• Slowness<br />
– slowest quintile for the time required to walk 2.4 meters<br />
• Low physical activity<br />
– lowest quintile for energy expended per week in leisure-time<br />
physical activities
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