title: The frailty syndrome in general practitioner care: a pilot study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Knowledge about frailty among patients seen by general practitioners (GP) is currently limited.
  
  
  METHODS
  Frailty assessment by the criteria of Fried and additional documentation was performed at a GP's office.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Out of 119 participating patients, 14.3% were classified as frail, 52.1% as prefrail, and 33.6% as not frail. Frailty was associated with comorbidity, the number of drugs prescribed, depressive symptoms, cognitive function, and frequency of falls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence of frailty is high among the cohort of elderly persons seen by a GP. Routine frailty assessment will help to direct preventive and therapeutic interventions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Klinikum Nürnberg, Prof-Ernst-Nathan-Str 1, 90419 Nürnberg, Deutschland. michael.drey@gmx.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wehr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wehr
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Uter
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Sieber
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D013577:Syndrome
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