Frailty assessment in geriatric trauma patients: comparing the predictive value of the full and a condensed version of the Fried frailty phenotype.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is associated with multiple negative outcomes in geriatric trauma patients. Simultaneously, frailty assessment including physical measurements for weakness (grip strength) and slowness (gait speed) poses challenges in this vulnerable patient group. We aimed to compare the full 5-component Fried Frailty Phenotype (fFP) and a condensed model (cFP) without physical measurements, with regard to predicting hospital length of stay (LOS) and discharge disposition (DD).

Methods

Prospective cohort study in patients aged 70 years and older at a level I trauma center undergoing frailty assessment by 5-component fFP (fatigue, low activity level, weight loss, weakness, and slowness). For the cFP, only fatigue, low activity level and weight loss were included. Co-primar

SUBMITTER: Braunschweig J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11657982 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature