Robustness in Older Adults: A Concept Analysis Using Rodgers' Evolutionary Approach.
Yoosun Yang, Jun-Ah Song
PMID 42082276WHAT IT FOUND
Robustness in older adults is more than non-frailty.
It combines multidimensional vitality, resilient stability, and functional autonomy, and is linked to resources, lifestyle, and social networks.
Key findings
01The analysis identified three core attributes: multidimensional vitality, resilient stability, and functional autonomy.
02The analysis identified three antecedents and three consequences of robustness in older adults.
03Robustness was distinct from non-frailty, successful aging, intrinsic capacity, and resilience.
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What it does not show
It is a concept analysis of published literature, not a patient study, so it does not test whether robustness assessment improves care. The authors searched only certain databases and did not include gray literature. Only English papers were included. No standardized robustness measurement tool was developed or tested.
Declared interests
The work was funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea grant from the Korea government Ministry of Science and ICT. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that assessing robustness improves care. It is a concept analysis of older adults' capabilities, not a tested intervention or assessment tool.