Frailty and functional decline indices predict poor outcomes in hospitalised older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 477-484

  Dent, Elsa ^a   Chapman, Ian ^a,b   Howell, Stuart ^c   Piantadosi, Cynthia ^a   Visvanathan, Renuk ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

80 and over; Aged; Frail elderly; Geriatric assessment methods; Older people; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRAILTY INDEX OF ACCUMULATIVE DEFICIT; FRIED CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY INDEX; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KATZ SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHERPA; STUDY OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; WEAKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84903154520     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft181     Document Type: Article

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