Researchers: Vincenzo De Luca, Grazia Daniela Femminella, Roberta Patalano, Valeria Formosa, Grazia Lorusso, Cristiano Rivetta, Federica Di Lullo, Lorenzo Mercurio, Teresa Rea, Elena Salvatore, Nilufer Korkmaz Yaylagul, Joao Apostolo, Rosa Carla Silva, Carina Dantas, Willeke H van Staalduinen, Giuseppe Liotta, Guido Iaccarino, Maria Triassi, Maddalena Illario
Frailty is a complex interplay between several factors, including physiological changes in ageing, multimorbidities, malnutrition, living environment, genetics, and lifestyle. Early screening for frailty risk factors in community-dwelling older people allows for preventive interventions on the clinical and social determinants of frailty, which allows adverse events to be avoided. By conducting a narrative review of the literature employing the International Narrative Systematic Assessment tool, the authors aimed to develop an updated framework for the main measurement tools to assess frailty risks in older adults, paying attention to use in the community and primary care settings. This search focused on the biopsychosocial domains of frailty that are covered in the SUNFRAIL tool. The study selected 178 reviews (polypharmacy: 20; nutrition: 13; physical activity: 74; medical visits: 0; falls: 39; cognitive decline: 12; loneliness: 15; social support: 5; economic constraints: 0) published between January 2010 and December 2021. Within the selected reviews, 123 assessment tools were identified (polypharmacy: 15; nutrition: 15; physical activity: 25; medical visits: 0; falls: 26; cognitive decline: 18; loneliness: 9; social support: 15; economic constraints: 0). The narrative review allowed us to evaluate assessment tools of frailty domains to be adopted for multidimensional health promotion and prevention interventions in community and primary care.
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Topic: Age-friendly communities