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A deficit-accumulation frailty index performs as well as prognostic indices for mortality prediction, and better predicts ADL disability and falls in community-dwelling older adults. Frailty assessment offers a unifying approach to risk stratification for key health outcomes relevant to older adults …
18 de mar. de 2022 · Jonathan K L Mak, Sara Hägg, Maria Eriksdotter, Martin Annetorp, Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Laura Kananen, Anne-Marie Boström, Miia Kivipelto, Carina Metzner, Viktoria Bäck Jerlardtz, Malin Engström, Peter Johnson, Lars Göran Lundberg, Elisabet Åkesson, Carina Sühl Öberg, Maria Olsson, Tommy Cederholm, Juulia Jylhävä, Dorota Religa, Development of an Electronic Frailty Index for Hospitalized ...
The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) was introduced in the second clinical examination of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) as a way to summarize the overall level of fitness or frailty of an older adult after they had been evaluated by an experienced clinician (Rockwood et al., 2005).. Although introduced as a means of summarizing a multidimensional assessment in an epidemiological ...
Predictor of risk/vulnerability to poor outcomes. The Frailty Index is defined as the proportion of deficits present in an individual out of the total number of age-related health variables considered. FI Score = Number of health deficits present / Number of health deficits measured. For example, an elderly patient with 20 health deficits out ...
21 de mar. de 2024 · Definition. Der Begriff Frailty oder Gebrechlichkeit beschreibt ein geriatrisches Syndrom, das durch eine allgemein erhöhte Anfälligkeit älterer Menschen gegenüber exogenen Stressfaktoren (Überlastung, Unruhe, Erkrankungen, etc.) gekennzeichnet ist. Im Umkehrschluss kann von einer verminderten Resistenz gegen Stressoren gesprochen werden.
Identifying frailty. The NHS in England is the first health system in the world to systematically identify people, aged 65 and over, who are living with moderate and severe frailty using a population-based stratification approach. This can be done using the electronic Frailty Index (eFI) or any other appropriate assessment tool.
10 de nov. de 2023 · Frailty, a clinical condition marked by reduced homeostatic reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors, is linked to adverse health outcomes [].Among individuals aged 60 and older without frailty, about 13.6% transitioned to frailty within three years, with an incidence rate of 43.4 cases per 1000 person-years [].The projected global population increase of those aged 60 and above to 21.1 ...
