Frailty and multimorbidity: two related yet different concepts

Highlights • Healthy-life expectancy is shorter than life expectancy. • Frailty reflects vulnerability due to exhaustion of body systems. • Multimorbidity defines a synergy of two or more different individual diseases. • Both frailty and multimorbidity are predictors of disability and mortality....

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Published in:Maturitas 2017-01, Vol.95, p.31-35
Main Authors: Villacampa-Fernández, Patricia, Navarro-Pardo, Esperanza, Tarín, Juan J, Cano, Antonio, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Ageing
Aging
Chronic disease
Chronic Disease - epidemiology
Comorbidity
Disabled Persons
Female
Frail Elderly
Frailty
Humans
Internal Medicine
Longevity
Male
Multimorbidity
Non-communicable disease
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prevalence
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Summary:Highlights • Healthy-life expectancy is shorter than life expectancy. • Frailty reflects vulnerability due to exhaustion of body systems. • Multimorbidity defines a synergy of two or more different individual diseases. • Both frailty and multimorbidity are predictors of disability and mortality.
ISSN:0378-5122
1873-4111
DOI:10.1016/j.maturitas.2016.10.008