Use of the Frailty Index and FRAIL-NH Scale for the Assessment of the Frailty Status of Elderly Individuals Admitted in a Long-term Care Hospital in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous elderly individuals with multimorbidity and impaired function are admitted in long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) in Korea. In this study, we aimed to describe the frailty status of elderly patients admitted in a LTCH using the FRAIL-NH scale and to identify the clinical relevance of frailty status on clinical outcomes, including death.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 100 elderly patients who were hospitalized and died in an LTCH from March 2011 to February 2017. The monthly assessment results obtained from the inpatients' data set (IDS) were used as main data sources for the 6-item FRAIL-NH scale and frailty index that was composed of 22 newly established items.

Results

The mean frailty index of the patients included in the

SUBMITTER: Ga H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7387636 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature