Prevalence of pre-frailty and frailty and their association with postoperative hospital days in older adults referred for elective orthopaedic surgery
Marie Linderup Funck, Lotte Sejr Kirring, Anne Mette Schmidt, Inger Markussen Gryet, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Peter Vedsted, Merete Gregersen · 2026
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Marie Linderup Funck and six colleagues measured frailty in older adults booked for planned bone and joint surgery in Denmark. Frailty means a body with little reserve, so stress such as surgery hits harder. Their 2026 study covered 519 people aged 65 and older, most booked for hip or knee replacement, and graded each person's health from medical records before surgery.
About one in four patients was pre-frail, and a small share was moderately frail, while none was severely frail. Both groups spent more days in hospital during the 90 days after surgery than patients who were not frail. Spotting this weakness before surgery, the authors argue, lets care teams plan support across clinics and wards and head off complications.
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| CREATOR | Marie Linderup Funck, Lotte Sejr Kirring, Anne Mette Schmidt, Inger Markussen Gryet, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Peter Vedsted, Merete Gregersen |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |