Frailty and Resilience as Outcome Measures in Clinical Trials and Geriatric Care: Are We Getting Any Closer?

The article discusses research on the measurement of frailty and resilience in geriatric medicine. Topics include the notion of complexity in the human body in relation to bridge engineering, the lack of clinical trials using physical frailty and resilience as measures, and the design of clinical tr...

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Publicado en:	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Vol. 66; no. 8; pp. 1451 - 1455
Autor principal:	Kuchel, George A.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Wiley-Blackwell Aug2018
Materias:	Clinical trials Human body Psychology Frail elderly Medical research methodology Biocomplexity
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Sumario:	The article discusses research on the measurement of frailty and resilience in geriatric medicine. Topics include the notion of complexity in the human body in relation to bridge engineering, the lack of clinical trials using physical frailty and resilience as measures, and the design of clinical trials that can measure frailty.