Examining frailty phenotypes of community-dwelling older adults in Taiwan using the falls risk for older people in the community – Taiwan version (Tw-FROP-Com)
Unintentional weight loss is the most significant predictor of fall risk among frailty traits. Individual frailty components better predict fall risk than composite frailty measures.
Authors
- Yu‐Lung Chiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6963-2116)
- Shueh-Fen Chen
- Senyeong Kao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0209-240X)
- Yaw‐Wen Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-0518)
- W.-L. Chen
- Shan-Ru Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5376-0471)
- Ya-Mei Tzeng
- Yu-Tien Chang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1801-7041)
Institutions
- Tri-Service General Hospital (TW)
- St. John's University (TW)
- National Defense Medical Center (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Aging
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.206231
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.45
Funders
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- Medical Affairs Bureau