Age and ageing
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Review Meta Analysis
A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective associations between alcohol consumption and incident frailty.
light-to-moderate alcohol consumption is protective against all-cause mortality and cardiovascular diseases. There is limited evidence in the literature on how alcohol consumption is related to frailty. ⋯ this systematic review and meta-analysis study provides the first pooled evidence suggesting that heavier alcohol consumption is associated with lower incident frailty compared with no alcohol consumption among community-dwelling middle-aged and older people. However, this association may be due to unadjusted effect measures, residual confounding, 'sick quitter' effect or survival bias.
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Review Meta Analysis
A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective associations between alcohol consumption and incident frailty.
light-to-moderate alcohol consumption is protective against all-cause mortality and cardiovascular diseases. There is limited evidence in the literature on how alcohol consumption is related to frailty. ⋯ this systematic review and meta-analysis study provides the first pooled evidence suggesting that heavier alcohol consumption is associated with lower incident frailty compared with no alcohol consumption among community-dwelling middle-aged and older people. However, this association may be due to unadjusted effect measures, residual confounding, 'sick quitter' effect or survival bias.
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Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) is now the accepted gold standard for caring for frail older people in hospital. However, there is uncertainty about identifying and targeting suitable recipients and which patients benefit the most. ⋯ we confirm a widely used definition of CGA. Key outcomes are death, disability and institutionalisation. The main beneficiaries in hospital are older people with acute illness. The presence of frailty has not been widely examined as a determinant of CGA outcome.