Frailty prevention and management in the LGBTQI+ population

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis, AUSL 04 Teramo, Italy; Technical Group for the Coordination of Gender Medicine, AUSL 04 Teramo, Italy.
² Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
³ Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis, AUSL 04 Teramo, Italy; Technical Group for the Coordination of Gender Medicine, Regione Abruzzo, Italy.
⁴ Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis, AUSL 04 Teramo, Italy; Technical Group for the Coordination of Gender Medicine, Regione Abruzzo, Italy. Electronic address: demartinis@cc.univaq.it.

Comment

Maria Maddalena Sirufo et al. Maturitas. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar:169:53.

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.07.019. Epub 2023 Jan 30.

¹ Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis, AUSL 04 Teramo, Italy; Technical Group for the Coordination of Gender Medicine, AUSL 04 Teramo, Italy.
² Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
³ Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis, AUSL 04 Teramo, Italy; Technical Group for the Coordination of Gender Medicine, Regione Abruzzo, Italy.
⁴ Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis, AUSL 04 Teramo, Italy; Technical Group for the Coordination of Gender Medicine, Regione Abruzzo, Italy. Electronic address: demartinis@cc.univaq.it.

No abstract available

Keywords: Ageing; Elderly; Frailty; Gender medicine; Healthcare; Inclusion; LGBTQI+.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no competing interest in relation to this letter.

Authors' reply to De Martinis and colleagues.
Reid N, Young A, Hanjani LS, Hubbard RE, Gordon EH. Reid N, et al. Maturitas. 2023 Mar;169:54. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.12.002. Epub 2023 Jan 30. Maturitas. 2023. PMID: 36725116 No abstract available.

Sex-specific interventions to prevent and manage frailty.
Reid N, Young A, Shafiee Hanjani L, Hubbard RE, Gordon EH. Reid N, et al. Maturitas. 2022 Oct;164:23-30. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2022.05.012. Epub 2022 Jun 9. Maturitas. 2022. PMID: 35780633 Review.