"Frail Elderly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible to disease or to other infirmity.
Concept/Terms
Frail Elderly- Frail Elderly
- Elderly, Frail
- Frail Elders
- Elder, Frail
- Elders, Frail
- Frail Elder
Frail Older Adults- Frail Older Adults
- Adult, Frail Older
- Adults, Frail Older
- Frail Older Adult
- Older Adult, Frail
- Older Adults, Frail
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Frail Elderly".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Frail Elderly".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Frail Elderly" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
---|
1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1996 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1998 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
1999 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2001 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2003 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2006 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2008 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2009 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
2010 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2012 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2013 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2014 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
2015 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
2016 | 15 | 6 | 21 |
2017 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
2018 | 14 | 12 | 26 |
2019 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
2020 | 14 | 21 | 35 |
2021 | 7 | 30 | 37 |
2022 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
2023 | 2 | 27 | 29 |
2024 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Frail Elderly" by people in Profiles.
-
Letter by Ko et al Regarding Article, "Safety of Switching From a Vitamin K Antagonist to a Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant in Frail Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Results of the FRAIL-AF Randomized Controlled Trial". Circulation. 2024 Jul 09; 150(2):e25-e26.
-
Frailty progression in adults aged 40 years and older in rural Burkina Faso: a longitudinal, population-based study. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2024 Jul; 5(7):e493-e502.
-
Claims-Based Frailty Index and Its Relationship With Commonly Used Clinical Frailty Measures. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024 Jul 01; 79(7).
-
Osteosarcopenia and Mortality in Older Adults Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. JAMA Cardiol. 2024 Jul 01; 9(7):611-618.
-
Frailty in the cardiac intensive care unit: assessment and impact. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2024 Jun 30; 13(6):506-514.
-
The Frailty Trajectory's Additional Edge Over the Frailty Index: Retrospective Cohort Study of Veterans With Heart Failure. JMIR Aging. 2024 Jun 27; 7:e56345.
-
Quality of plant-based diets and frailty incidence: a prospective analysis of UK biobank participants. Age Ageing. 2024 05 01; 53(5).
-
Frailty as an Effect Modifier in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jun; 39(8):1452-1473.
-
Associations Between Prior Head Injury, Physical Functioning, and Frailty in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2024 Apr 01; 79(4).
-
Effects of testosterone and vitamin D on fall risk in pre-frail hypogonadal men: a factorial design RCT. J Nutr Health Aging. 2024 May; 28(5):100217.