Predictive validity of PRISMA-7 as a screening instrument for frailty in a hospital setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Frailty is a major clinical geriatric syndrome associated with serious adverse events including functional disability, falls, hospitalisation, increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study was to study the associations between frailty defined as Program of Research to Integrate Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy (PRISMA-7) score ≥3 and use of healthcare resources in hospital and in the municipality as well as association between frailty and mortality.

Design

Register-based retrospective study.

Setting

The target population consists of patients aged 75 years or above who, during hospital stay, were assessed by a physiotherapist, and at discharge from hospital were prescribed further physical training in the community.

Participants

973

SUBMITTER: Hoffmann S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7594371 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature