External validation of the electronic Frailty Index using the population of Wales within the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage Databank.

ABSTRACT:

Background

frailty has major implications for health and social care services internationally. The development, validation and national implementation of the electronic Frailty Index (eFI) using routine primary care data has enabled change in the care of older people living with frailty in England.

Aims

to externally validate the eFI in Wales and assess new frailty-related outcomes.

Study design and setting

retrospective cohort study using the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank, comprising 469,000 people aged 65-95, registered with a SAIL contributing general practice on 1 January 2010.

Methods

four categories (fit; mild; moderate and severe) of frailty were constructed using recognised cut points from the eFI. We calculated adjusted hazard r

SUBMITTER: Hollinghurst J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6814149 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature