Frailty degree and illness trajectories in older people towards the end-of-life: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the degree of frailty in older people with different advanced diseases and its relationship with end-of-life illness trajectories and survival.

Methods

Prospective, observational study, including all patients admitted to the Acute Geriatric Unit of the University Hospital of Vic (Spain) during 12 consecutive months (2014-2015), followed for up to 2 years. Participants were identified as end-of-life people (EOLp) using the NECPAL (NECesidades PALiativas, palliative care needs) tool and were classified according to their dominant illness trajectory. The Frail-VIG index (Valoración Integral Geriátrica, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment) was used to quantify frailty degree, to calculate the relationship between frailty and mortality (Receiver

SUBMITTER: Amblas-Novellas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8061834 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature