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Ritardare e ribaltare la fragilità negli anziani: una rassegna sistematica

John Travers, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Jade Bailey and Marie-Therese Cooney
Br J Gen Pract 3 December 2018

Abstract

Background Recommendations for routine frailty screening in general practice are increasing as frailty prevalence grows. In England, frailty identification became a contractual requirement in 2017. However, there is little guidance on the most effective and practical interventions once frailty has been identified.

Aim To assess the comparative effectiveness and ease of implementation of frailty interventions in primary care.

Design and setting A systematic review of frailty interventions in primary care.

Method Scientific databases were searched from inception to May 2017 for randomised controlled trials or cohort studies with control groups on primary care frailty interventions. Screening methods, interventions, and outcomes were analysed in included studies. Effectiveness was scored in terms of change of frailty status or frailty indicators and ease of implementation in terms of human resources, marginal costs, and time requirements.

Results A total of 925 studies satisfied search criteria and 46 were included. There were 15 690 participants (median study size was 160 participants). Studies reflected a broad heterogeneity. There were 17 different frailty screening methods. Of the frailty interventions, 23 involved physical activity and other interventions involved health education, nutrition supplementation, home visits, hormone supplementation, and counselling. A significant improvement of frailty status was demonstrated in 71% (n = 10) of studies and of frailty indicators in 69% (n=22) of studies where measured. Interventions with both muscle strength training and protein supplementation were consistently placed highest for effectiveness and ease of implementation.

Conclusion A combination of muscle strength training and protein supplementation was the most effective intervention to delay or reverse frailty and the easiest to implement in primary care. A map of interventions was created that can be used to inform choices for managing frailty.

Fragilità e tenacia

Nell’immaginario collettivo gli atleti sono come i Bronzi di Riace. Fisici perfetti, allenati nel migliore dei modi a fare ciò che il loro talento gli permette. Nella realtà non è affatto così. Sono fragili perchè la ricerca della perfezione nella quale sono quotidianamente coinvolti, li porta a sentirsi insicuri pur dovendo mostrarsi sicuri. Questa insicurezza nasce non da  problemi di autostima come quelli della persone comuni, ma dalla necessità di dovere dimostrare di essere i migliori. L’ostacolo principale alla realizzazione dei loro obiettivi di vittoria è rappresentata dagli avversarsi che la pensano nello stesso modo e a loro volta hanno lo stesso obiettivo, che consiste nel dimostrare di essere loro i migliori. Da qui l’idea che bisogna imparare a perdere, perchè altrimenti ogni volta si subirebbe una ferita inguaribile.