TY - JOUR
T1 - Frailty in Inflammatory Arthritis
T2 - A Fragile Construct
AU - van Onna, Marloes
AU - Boonen, Annelies
N1 - Funding Information:
1M. van Onna, MD, PhD, A. Boonen, MD, PhD, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, and School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. MvO has received consultancy fees from Galapagos, Novartis, and Pfizer, and a research grant to her department from Pfizer. AB has received research grants to her department from AbbVie and Celgene, and consultancy fees from UCB, Lilly, Novartis, Sandoz, and Galapagos. Address correspondence to Dr. M. van Onna, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, and School for Public Health and Primary Care (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, P. Debyelaan 25, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Email: [email protected].
PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - Due to the exponential growth of the aging population, the concept of frailty cannot be ignored anymore in the field of rheumatology.1 Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome and although no consensus definition has been developed, frailty is generally characterized as a "decline in functioning across multiple organs systems accompanied by an increased vulnerability to stressors."2.
AB - Due to the exponential growth of the aging population, the concept of frailty cannot be ignored anymore in the field of rheumatology.1 Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome and although no consensus definition has been developed, frailty is generally characterized as a "decline in functioning across multiple organs systems accompanied by an increased vulnerability to stressors."2.
U2 - 10.3899/jrheum.220954
DO - 10.3899/jrheum.220954
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 36379574
SN - 0315-162X
VL - 50
SP - 463
EP - 465
JO - Journal of Rheumatology
JF - Journal of Rheumatology
IS - 4
ER -