Study Author (Year)

Ref

Study Objective(s)

Factors

P

D

S

Alqahtani B (2021)

[31]

To investigate the prevalence of frailty and socio-demographic and associated clinical factors in Saudi older adults

Sociodemographic, impaired cognition and function

X

X

X

Esmayel E (2013)

[36]

To determine the prevalence of frailty and its association with blood pressure and anthropometric measurements.

Gender, blood pressure, anthropometric measurements (BMI, MUC, MCC)

X

X

Abou-Raya S (2009)

[37]

To evaluate the association between osteoporosis and CHF in elderly and the impact of physical activities and vit D on this association

CHF (EF) and BMD

X

X

Madbouly K (2017)

[23]

Association of the m-FI with adverse outcomes after penile prothesis implantation

No adverse outcome measures were associated with frailty

X

Alqahtani B (2021)

[32]

To adapt and validate the Arabic version of the FRAIL scale in community-dwelling older adults

Age, comorbidities, MMSE, TUG, grip strength and performance battery

X

X

X

Alqahtani BA (2021)

[33]

To translate and adapt cross-cultural TFI and evaluate its usability and construct validity.

Physical and function activities, and psychological domains.

X

X

Boules C (2013)

[26]

To assess the nutritional status of community dwelling elderly.

Socio-demographic, BMI, malnutrition, chronic pain, insomnia, ADL, chronic diseases, cognitive, loneliness, balance, and falls  

X

X

X

Boules C (2016)

[25]

To analyze the relationship between malnutrition and frailty

Socio-demographic, nutrition, depression, and cognitive

X

X

X

Chakroun-Walha O (2020)

[21]

To evaluate the usefulness of frailty screening in predicting outcome (death) of elderly at ED

Functional (ADL), death, type of medical card at the ED, time of delay in ED, social, and comorbidities factors.

X

X

X

El Zoghbi M (2013)

[27]

To investigate the association between cognitive function and nutritional status in elderly

Cognitive

X

El Zoghbi M (2013)

[28]

To provide a description of nutritional status and its corelated in older adults.

Malnutrition

X

Hakeem FF (2020)

[34]

To examine association between normative and subjective oral health indicators and frailty.

Oral health includes the following measures: self-rated oral health, number of teeth, and functional dentition.

X

Hammami S (2020)

[38]

To investigate the association between pro-inflammatory marker and the development of frailty

Age, gender, living in nursing home, BMI, depression, cognitive, nutrition, inflammatory biomarker, and CPR

X

X

Hamza SA (2012)

[39]

To detect the IgM memory B cell population response in the elderly following vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine and its relation to frailty indices, nutritional status, and serum zinc level.

After vaccination, positive frailty incidence was related to a lower mean IgM B memory cells percentage. A lower baseline percentage of IgM B memory cells was significantly related to age < 70 years,

X

Hayajneh AA (2021)

[40]

To explore frailty and its corelates among cognitively intact community dwelling older adults.

Depression, comorbidities, physical function, and social function

X

X

X

Khamis R (2019)

[41]

To assess the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of GFI in urban and rural population

Gender, age, level of education, QoL

X

X

Khater MS (2012)

[22]

To evaluate the incidence of falls in a year and its predictive factors among Egyptian nursing home residence

Falls

X

Mohamed M (2015)

[42]

To clarify the impact of IGF-1 level on muscle and bone mineral density (BMD) in frail elderly males.

IGF-1, BMD-3 anthropometric (MAC, MCC, and hand grip strength), T score of BMD

X

Monib S (2021)

[30]

To evaluate patient’s performance using the WHO/ECOG performance status score, CFS, and ASA-PS as the outcomes of management of breast cancer in geriatric population

Demographic, physical and performance status 

X

X

Rasheedy D (2021)

[43]

To quantify the effect of the association of frailty, sarcopenia, and malnutrition on other geriatric giants e.g., delirium, cognitive impairment, and functional disability in hospitalized older adults.

Sarcopenia, gender (female are frailer and sarcopenic than male, malnutrition co-occurred with sarcopenia and frailty

X

X

Alqahtani BA (2021)

[35]

Association between physical frailty and sleep quality

Sleep quality, BMI, and cognition

X

X

Aly (2020)

[44]

To detect prevalence and risk factors of UI and its effect of Qol among frail elderly female living in Egypt

Urinary incontinence

X

Rasheedy D (2021)

[45]

To assess the usability of self-administrated geriatric assessment phone application

NA

 Atta Saudi AR (2021)

[46]

To assess the prevalence of frailty and to evaluate the association between physical frailty and cognitive function and determine the most impaired cognitive domains among frail patients.

Age, gender (male), low education and income, comorbidities, BMI, comorbidities, ADL, IADL, and depression

X

X

X

Shokry MM (2021)

[29]

To detect relation between vit C level and DM control and frailty in elderly patients

Vitamin C

Tawfik HM (2021)

[24]

To determine the association between pre-operative frailty and the incidence of post-operative complication and to validate Robinson score in geriatric Egyptian undergoing elective cardiac surgery

Age, CHF, DM, readmission                                

X

X

Daou T (2022)

[47]

To explore the association between adherence LMD and frailty among older adults in Lebanon

Age, cognitive dysfunction, depression, and polypharmacy

X

X