Frailty and chronic diseases: A bi‐directional relationship
Urza Bhattarai,
Bijaya Bashyal,
Anu Shrestha
et al.
Abstract:Frailty is a multidimensional syndrome associated with a decline in reserve capacity across multiple organ systems involving physical, psychological, and social aspects. Weakness is the earliest indicator of the frailty process. Multi‐morbidity is the state of presence of two or more chronic diseases. Frailty and chronic diseases are interlinked as frail individuals are more prone to develop chronic diseases and multi‐morbid individuals may present with frailty. They share common risk factors, pathogenesis, pr… Show more
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