2023
DOI: 10.2147/cia.s411470
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Discordance in Frailty Measures in Old Community Dwelling People with Multimorbidity – A Cross-Sectional Study

Amelie Lindh Mazya,
Anna Axmon,
Magnus Sandberg
et al.

Abstract: Purpose Assessment of frailty is a key method to identify older people in need of holistic care. However, agreement between different frailty instrument varies. Thus, groups classified as frail by different instruments are not completely overlapping. This study evaluated differences in sociodemographic factors, cognition, functional status, and quality of life between older persons with multimorbidity who were discordantly classified by five different frailty instruments, with focus on the Clinica… Show more

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“…A range of tools exist for its measurement, two of the most widely utilised being Rockwood’s Clinical Frailty Scale and Fried’s Frailty Phenotype [ 6 , 9 , 10 ]. Different conceptions of frailty underpin these instruments, and consequently they (and the myriad of other available tools) produce differing estimates of prevalence [ 11 ]. Irrespective of which tool is used, in studies from High-Income Countries (HICs), older adults living with frailty who are admitted to hospital experience longer admissions, greater functional decline and higher mortality [ 12 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A range of tools exist for its measurement, two of the most widely utilised being Rockwood’s Clinical Frailty Scale and Fried’s Frailty Phenotype [ 6 , 9 , 10 ]. Different conceptions of frailty underpin these instruments, and consequently they (and the myriad of other available tools) produce differing estimates of prevalence [ 11 ]. Irrespective of which tool is used, in studies from High-Income Countries (HICs), older adults living with frailty who are admitted to hospital experience longer admissions, greater functional decline and higher mortality [ 12 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%