Searching for an Operational Definition of Frailty: A Delphi Method Based Consensus Statement. The Frailty Operative Definition-Consensus Conference Project (original) (raw)
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1Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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2Université Bordeaux and
3INSERM, ISPED, Centre INSERM U897-Epidemiologie-Biostatistique, F-33000, Bordeaux France
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4King’s College, London, UK
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5Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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6World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Magali Gonzalez-Colaço Harmand ,
Magali Gonzalez-Colaço Harmand
1Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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8Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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1Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain
9Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Villejuif, France
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4King’s College, London, UK
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16 December 2011
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Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas, Catherine Féart, Giovanni Mann, Jose Viña, Somnath Chatterji, Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko, Magali Gonzalez-Colaço Harmand, Howard Bergman, Laure Carcaillon, Caroline Nicholson, Angelo Scuteri, Alan Sinclair, Martha Pelaez, Tischa Van der Cammen, François Beland, Jerome Bickenbach, Paul Delamarche, Luigi Ferrucci, Linda P. Fried, Luis Miguel Gutiérrez-Robledo, Kenneth Rockwood, Fernando Rodríguez Artalejo, Gaetano Serviddio, Enrique Vega, on behalf of the FOD-CC group (Appendix 1), Searching for an Operational Definition of Frailty: A Delphi Method Based Consensus Statement. The Frailty Operative Definition-Consensus Conference Project, The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Volume 68, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 62–67, https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gls119
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Abstract
Background.
There is no consensus regarding the definition of frailty for clinical uses.
Methods.
A modified Delphi process was used to attempt to achieve consensus definition. Experts were selected from different fields and organized into five Focus Groups. A questionnaire was developed and sent to experts in the area of frailty. Responses and comments were analyzed using a pre-established strategy. Statements with an agreement more than or equal to 80% were accepted.
Results.
Overall, 44% of the statements regarding the concept of frailty and 18% of the statements regarding diagnostic criteria were accepted. There was consensus on the value of screening for frailty and about the identification of six domains of frailty for inclusion in a clinical definition, but no agreement was reached concerning a specific set of clinical/laboratory biomarkers useful for diagnosis.
Conclusions.
There is agreement on the usefulness of defining frailty in clinical settings as well as on its main dimensions. However, additional research is needed before an operative definition of frailty can be established.
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