Resilience in Clinical Care: Getting a Grip on the Recovery Potential of Older Adults
Sanne M. W. Gijzel · Heather E. Whitson · Ingrid A. van de Leemput · Marten Scheffer · Dieneke van Asselt · Jerrald L. Rector · Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert · René J. F. Melis
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2019
What the research tells us
This clinical review distinguishes static estimates of physiological reserve from responses measured around a stressor. Repeated observations may reveal recovery potential that a single assessment cannot describe.
What to keep in mind
Dynamic measurements are promising but still need translation into validated clinical tools. Findings in geriatric care do not establish a universal resilience score for healthy adults.
Study at a glance
- POPULATION & SAMPLE
- Clinical and methodological review focused on older adults with complex health needs.
- EXPOSURE / INTERVENTION / SUBJECT
- Static reserve tests, stressor-response tests, recovery trajectories and interactions between subsystems.
- OUTCOMES
- Prediction and understanding of functional decline, resistance and recovery after health stressors.
- TIME FRAME
- Measurements before and after stressors, with time scales determined by the clinical event and function.
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Based on the publication’s text, including Static tests, dynamic measurements, conclusion and financial/conflict disclosures. This reading note has not undergone independent scientific review.
- STUDY FUNDING
- Whitson’s contribution was supported by P30AG028716, UH2AG056925, R33AG057806 and NIH/NCATS UL1TR002553; see the paper’s Financial Disclosure.
- STUDY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
- The authors declared no conflict of interest.
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