Frailty integration in medical specialties: Current evidence and suggested strategies from the Clin‐STAR frailty interest group
Frailty is a syndrome that can inform clinical treatments and interventions for older adults. Although implementation of frailty across medical subspecialties has the potential to improve care for the aging population, its uptake has been heterogenous. While frailty assessment is highly integrated into certain medical subspecialties, other subspecialties have only recently begun to consider frailty in the context of patient care. In order to advance the field of frailty-informed care, we aim to detail what is known about frailty within the subspecialties of internal medicine. In doing so, we highlight cross-disciplinary approaches that can enhance our understanding of frailty, focusing on ways to improve the implementation of frailty measures, as well as develop potential interventional strategies to mitigate frailty within these subspecialties. This has important implications for the clinical care of the aging population and can help guide future research.
Authors
- Katherine D. Wysham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8707-7649)
- Nelia Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1800-1736)
- Sarah B. Lieber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6176-9740)
- Namrata Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7149-363X)
- Anand Iyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7700-0728)
- Clark DuMontier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2582-7816)
- Adam S. Faye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1571-5856)
- Rachel Litke
- Maheen Z. Abidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1096-1043)
- Shakira J. Grant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8481-3046)
- Michael G. Nanna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5745-1636)
- Anoop Sheshadri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1139-0169)
- Mary Clare Masters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8419-6105)
- Ariela R. Orkaby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4297-6306)
- Sebastian Eduardo Sattui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3945-6828)
- Sandra Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6801-5602)
- Julia Loewenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3720-6673)
- Raele Robison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4750-0769)
- Jeremy Walston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6965-2723)
- Bharati Kochar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4476-5713)
- Andrea N. Sherman
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- UNC Libraries
- Published
- 2024-12-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17615/rww0-6e50
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.34
Funders
- Alzheimer's Association
- Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
- Amgen
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Pfizer
- AstraZeneca
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Sanofi
- Yale University
- American College of Cardiology Foundation
- Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
- Northwestern University
- American College of Gastroenterology
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
- National Institutes of Health
- Health Resources and Services Administration
- National Institute on Aging
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Cancer Institute
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Army Research Office