The Importance of Frailty in Stroke and How to Measure It
The term ‘frailty’ is used frequently in healthcare and has become topical for both research and clinical care. Although many clinicians report an intuition for identifying frailty, there is often uncertainty over what it actually represents, how it can be assessed, and what it may mean for the patient. This article provides a focused introduction to frailty for the stroke clinician-in-training (and for those more experienced), in particular the different approaches to evaluating frailty in the stroke setting.
Authors
- Nicholas R. Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7640-4701)
- Patricia Fearon
- Terence J. Quinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0181)
- Lucy Beishon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3140-8688)
- João Pinho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-7146)
Institutions
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Beaumont Hospital (IE)
- Glenfield Hospital (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Stroke
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.124.048424
- Citations
- 10
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.44
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre