Intervention to prevent, delay or reduce frailty in community-living older adults.

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Fox, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9480-5704, Jimoh, Florence and Cross, Jane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7003-1916 (2018) Intervention to prevent, delay or reduce frailty in community-living older adults. Norfolk and Suffolk Primary and Community Care Research Office.

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Abstract

Executive summary:  Frailty is when the body gradually loses its in-built reserve and becomes vulnerable to sudden changes in health triggered by stress or minor illness such as a urinary tract infection.  Frailty increases the risk of unfavourable health outcomes including falls, disability, admission to hospital, need for long-term care, poorer recovery and reduced quality of life compared to those who are not frail.  Prefrailty is an intermediate stage between non-frail and frail, with loss of in-built reserves but the ability to recover after a stressor event.  The prefrail have more than twice the risk of becoming frail compared to those who are non-frail.  Evidence suggests the ‘prefrail’ state may be a window of opportunity for effective interventions.  Potential interventions include physical activity alone or in combination with nutrition and/or brain training.  Evidence for interventions targeting other aspects of frailty such as cognition, social outcomes and psychosocial wellbeing (depression and loneliness) is limited but have been advocated.  The use of Information Communication Technology (ICT)/eHealth in frailty interventions demonstrates potential for self-management, improved health and cost effectiveness.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	frailty older adults community dwelling
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Dementia & Complexity in Later Life Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Mental Health Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Institute for Volunteering Research Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Related URLs:	https://nspccro.nihr.ac.uk/working-with-...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	03 Dec 2018 16:31
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2024 15:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/69153
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