Topic · Geriatrics and Gerontology
Frailty in Older Adults
Frailty in Older Adults is a research topic within Geriatrics and Gerontology. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the concept of frailty in older adults, with an emphasis on geriatric care, comprehensive geriatric assessment, and its implications for various health outcomes. The papers cover topics such as the measurement of frailty, its association with aging and chronic diseases, the impact on surgical and cancer treatment outcomes, and interventions to prevent or reverse frailty in older individuals.
- Frailty
- Geriatric Assessment
- Aging
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
- Elderly Patients
- Functional Decline
- Cancer in Older Adults
- Inflammation
- Mortality Risk
- Physical Performance
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +36% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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