title: [Frailty in older population: a brief position paper from the French society of geriatrics and gerontology].
abstract: Frailty in the older population is a clinical syndrome which evaluate a risk level. The Frailty syndrome defines a reduction of the adaptation capacity to a stress. It can be modulated by physical, psychological and social factors. The screening of the frailty syndrome is relevant for older people without disability for basic activities of daily living. The clinical criteria of frailty must be predictive of the risk of functional decline and adverse outcomes, consensual at the international level, and easy to perform in primary care as well as in the clinical researches.
authors.affiliation: Service de gérontologie clinique et médecine interne, Pôle Gériatrie, CHU de Toulouse.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rolland
authors.forename: Athanase
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benetos
authors.forename: Armelle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gentric
authors.forename: Joël
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ankri
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bonnefoy
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Decker
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferry
authors.forename: Régis
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gonthier
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hanon
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jeandel
authors.forename: Fathi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nourhashemi
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perret-Guillaume
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Retornaz
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bouvier
authors.forename: Geneviève
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ruault
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Berrut
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016330:Frail Elderly; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011320:Primary Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013577:Syndrome