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Searching for an Operational Definition of Frailty: A Delphi Method Based Consensus Statement. The Frailty Operative Definition-Consensus Conference Project

The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2012 · Vol. 68(1) · pp. 62–67

Leocadio Rodríguez‐Mañas✉(Hospital Universitario de Getafe)Catherine Féart(Université de Bordeaux)Giovanni E. Mann(King's College London)José Viña(Universitat de València)Somnath Chatterji(World Health Organization)Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko(University of Illinois System)Magali González‐Colaço Harmand(Hospital Universitario de Getafe)Howard Bergman(Jewish General Hospital)Laure Carcaillon‐Bentata(Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations)Caroline Nicholson(King's College London)Angelo Scuteri(Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico)Alan J. Sinclair(University of Bedfordshire)Martha Peláez(Health Foundation of South Florida)Tischa van der Cammen(Erasmus MC)François Béland(Jewish General Hospital)Jerome Bickenbach(Swiss Paraplegic Research)Paul Delamarche(Université Rennes 2)Luigi Ferrucci(National Institute on Aging)Linda P. Fried(Columbia University Irving Medical Center)Luis Miguel Gutiérrez‐Robledo(Instituto Nacional de Pediatria)Kenneth Rockwood(Dalhousie University)Fernando Rodríguez‐Artalejo(Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)Gaetano Serviddio(University of Foggia)Enrique Vega(World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas)

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Abstract

There is agreement on the usefulness of defining frailty in clinical settings as well as on its main dimensions. However, additional research is needed before an operative definition of frailty can be established.

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