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19 de dic. de 2023 · Key Points. The frailty index approach is widely used to characterise overall health and ageing. The 10 steps can be used as a template for frailty index creation. The frailty index can be used as an exposure, predictor, control variable or outcome measure.
30 de sept. de 2008 · To encourage more widespread evaluation of frailty – a goal encouraged by many groups [ 12 – 14] – we present a detailed, step-by-step procedure to describe which potential variables can be included in a frailty index, and how to establish cut-points for continuous variables.
18 de dic. de 2021 · While the frailty index (FI) is a continuous variable, an FI score of 0.25 has construct and predictive validity to categorise community-dwelling older adults as frail or non-frail. Our study aimed to explore which FI categories (FI scores and labels) were being used in high impact studies of adults across different care settings and ...
10 de jul. de 2021 · We developed a 10‐item frailty index based on deficits in 10 domains (FI‐CGA‐10): cognition, mood, communication, mobility, balance, nutrition, basic and instrumental activities of daily living, social support, and comorbidity. Deficits in each domain were scored as 0 (no problem), 0.5 (minor problem), and 1.0 (major problem).
The frailty index ( FI) can be used to measure the health status of older individuals; it serves as a proxy measure of aging and vulnerability to poor outcomes. FI was developed by Dr. Kenneth Rockwood and Dr. Arnold Mitnitski at Dalhousie University in Canada.
27 de dic. de 2018 · A frailty index was created that predicts mortality, and admission into ARC. This index could help healthcare professionals and clinicians identify older people at risk of health decline and mortality, so that appropriate services and interventions may be put in place. Peer Review reports. Background.
27 de dic. de 2018 · A frailty index was created that predicts mortality, and admission into ARC. This index could help healthcare professionals and clinicians identify older people at risk of health decline and mortality, so that appropriate services and interventions may be put in place. Electronic supplementary material.
