The predictive properties of frailty-rating scales in the acute medical unit

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 776-781

  wou, Franklin ^a   Gladman, John R F ^b   Bradshaw, Lucy ^b   Franklin, Matthew ^b   Edmans, Judi ^b,c   Conroy, Simon Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute hospital care; Frailty; Older people; Risk stratification

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AVILA FUNES INSTRUMENT; CHS MODEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; FRAILTY RATING SCALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTHMAN INSTRUMENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOF MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE; FRAILTY; OLDER PEOPLE; RISK STRATIFICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887053903     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft055     Document Type: Article

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