Intrinsic capacity and frailty in older adults with end-stage kidney disease undergoing pre-kidney transplant comprehensive geriatric assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Frailty has been extensively studied in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and kidney transplant (KT) patients. The identification of frailty is useful to predict adverse outcomes among ESKD and KT patients. The recent concept of intrinsic capacity (IC) appears as a good and easy-to-understand tool to screen for and monitor frailty in older adults with ESKD. This study aims to assess the relationships between frailty and IC in older adults with ESKD awaiting KT.

Design

Cross-sectional study SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: 236 patients from a day-care geriatric unit undergoing pre-KT geriatric assessment between 2017 and 2022 were included in the main sample, and 151 patients in an independent multicentric replication sample.

Measurements

Frailty was evaluated using t

SUBMITTER: Collette-Robert S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12275796 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature