Frailty in Stroke Care in Germany Between 2016 and 2022-A Retrospective, Hospital-Based Nationwide Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: This study examines changes in frailty among patients hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in a nationwide hospital cohort in Germany. Data from AIS patients were compared between the period before the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-pandemic (1 January 2016 to 31 December 2019) vs the pandemic phase (1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022). Frailty was categorized using the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS). Inferential statistics were conducted using generalized linear mixed models. Among the 101,124 included AIS patients, the median HFRS decreased from 9.3 (interquartile range [IQR]: 5.2-15.5) in pre-pandemic years to 8.4 (IQR: 4.4-14.2) during the pandemic (p < 0.01). Among high frailty AIS patients, length of stay rose from 15.7 (±14.9) to 16.0 (±15.0) days, differing

SUBMITTER: Dengler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12452760 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature