Operationalizing Frailty Using the Frailty Phenotype and Deficit Accumulation Approaches

Olga Theou, Jeremy Walston, Kenneth Rockwood

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Résumé

In both demographic and clinical studies, frailty is understood as a multidimensional state of increased vulnerability compared with the status of others of the same age. Of the many theoretical definitions of frailty, two are commonly employed: the physical frailty/phenotypic approach and the deficit accumulation approach. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how frailty is conceptualized and operationalized based on these two approaches.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Pages (de-à)66-73
Nombre de pages8
JournalInterdisciplinary topics in gerontology and geriatrics
Volume41
DOI
Statut de publicationPublished - 2015

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Publisher Copyright:
2015 S. Karger AG, Basel.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Ageing
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology

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Theou, O., Walston, J., & Rockwood, K. (2015). Operationalizing Frailty Using the Frailty Phenotype and Deficit Accumulation Approaches. Interdisciplinary topics in gerontology and geriatrics, 41, 66-73. https://doi.org/10.1159/000381164