Frailty screening in older patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery: Comparative study of seven screening instruments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty screening instruments are increasingly studied as risk predictors for adverse postoperative outcomes. However, because of the lack of comparative research, it is unclear which screening instrument performs best. This study therefore compared the diagnostic accuracy of seven frailty screening instruments for adverse postoperative outcomes in patients aged ≥70 years undergoing colorectal surgery.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study at an academic hospital, examining the Fried and Robinson frailty criteria, the Edmonton Frail Scale, the Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale, the Modified Frailty Index, the FRAIL questionnaire, and the Geriatric 8 for predicting postoperative complications with a Clavien-Dindo (CD) severity grade ≥2. Secondary outcomes w

SUBMITTER: Fagard K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11970229 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature