Brown I, Renwick R, Raphael D
Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto, Canada.
Int J Rehabil Res. 1995 Jun;18(2):93-102.
The term frailty has been used for many years, both in everyday and academic language. It is a term that appears, on the surface, to be simple enough in its meaning, yet it has been used in a variety of ways to describe both people and a condition that applies to people. Moreover, little conceptual thought has gone into the nature of frailty and the factors that might affect it. This paper presents a definition of frailty: frailty occurs when there is diminished ability to carry out the important practical and social activities of daily living. It also presents a conceptualization of frailty that specifies its basic components, the categories of factors that contribute to it, and its relationship to closely related concepts.
“衰弱”这个术语已经使用多年，在日常语言和学术语言中都有出现。从表面上看，这个术语的含义似乎足够简单，但它却以多种方式被用于描述人以及适用于人的一种状况。此外，对于衰弱的本质以及可能影响它的因素，人们几乎没有进行过概念性的思考。本文给出了衰弱的定义：当进行日常生活中重要的实际活动和社交活动的能力下降时，衰弱就会出现。本文还给出了衰弱的概念化描述，明确了其基本组成部分、导致衰弱的因素类别以及它与密切相关概念的关系。
