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ReviewJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2025

Frailty integration in medical specialties: Current evidence and suggested strategies from the Clin-STAR frailty interest group.

Namrata Singh, Adam S Faye, Maheen Z Abidi, Shakira J Grant, Clark DuMontier, Anand S Iyer, Nelia Jain, Bharati Kochar, Sarah B Lieber, Rachel Litke and 11 more

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Review in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Frailty Matters-Why Isn't It Guiding Clinical Decisions?Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Namrata SinghDivision of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Adam S FayeDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Maheen Z AbidiDivision of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
Shakira J GrantDivision of Hematology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Clark DuMontierDepartment of Medicine, New England GRECC (Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center) VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Anand S IyerDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7700-0728
Nelia JainDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Bharati KocharDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sarah B LieberDivision of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery and Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Rachel LitkeNash Family Department of Neuroscience, Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA.
Julia V LoewenthalDivision of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3720-6673
Mary Clare MastersDivision of Infectious Diseases, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Michael G NannaSection of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5745-1636
Raele Donetha RobisonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4750-0769
Sebastian E SattuiDivision of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Anoop SheshadriDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Sandra M ShiHinda and Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6801-5602
Andrea N ShermanAmerican Federation for Aging Research, Clin-STAR Coordinating Center, New York, New York, USA.
Jeremy D WalstonDivision of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Katherine D WyshamDivision of Rheumatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Ariela R OrkabyDepartment of Medicine, New England GRECC (Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center) VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Funding

PREVENTABLE Trial Implementation PhaseU19AG065188 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · 2022 to 2025
$47.5M
Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR002384 · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · 2025 to 2025
$9.8M
TREATMENT GOALS FOR PERSONS WITH MULTIFACTORIAL GERIATRIC HEALTH CONDITIONSP30AG021342 · YALE UNIVERSITY · 2002 to 2025
$8.0M
Technological Assessment and Solutions Core - RC4P30AG021334 · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2003 to 2025
$6.1M
Utilizing Technology and AI Approaches to Facilitate Independence and Resilience in Older AdultsP30AG073104 · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$3.9M
Clin-STAR Coordinating CenterU24AG065204 · NIA · AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH · 2021 to 2025
$2.6M
Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR001870 · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · 2025 to 2025
$1.8M
I. Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002385 · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · 2025 to 2025
$1.7M
Research EducationP30AG031679 · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · 2025 to 2025
$1.4M
PREVENTABLE Frailty Ancillary StudyR01AG081287 · BOSTON VA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC. · 2025 to 2025
$1.3M
The PREVENTABLE Physical Performance Ancillary StudyR01AG071807 · NIA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Denise Kathryn Houston · 2024 to 2024
$1.2M
Demonstrating the potential for electronic health record interoperability to improve patient safety research of older adults over the acute episode of care.R01AG083035 · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · 2025 to 2025
$881k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frailty is a syndrome that can inform clinical treatments and interventions for older adults. Although implementation of frailty across medical subspecialties has the potential to improve care for the aging population, its uptake has been heterogenous. While frailty assessment is highly integrated into certain medical subspecialties, other subspecialties have only recently begun to consider frailty in the context of patient care. In order to advance the field of frailty-informed care, we aim to detail what is known about frailty within the subspecialties of internal medicine. In doing so, we highlight cross-disciplinary approaches that can enhance our understanding of frailty, focusing on ways to improve the implementation of frailty measures, as well as develop potential interventional strategies to mitigate frailty within these subspecialties. This has important implications for the clinical care of the aging population and can help guide future research.

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Frail ElderlyFrailtyGeriatric AssessmentInternal MedicineAgedGeriatricsHumansagingfrailtyinternal medicinemultidisciplinary

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PMID39584362
PMCPMC11971025

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