Frailty Among Older Decompensated Heart Failure Patients: Prevalence, Association With Patient-Centered Outcomes, and Efficient Detection Methods.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study sought to assess the prevalence of frailty, its associations with physical function, quality of life (QoL), cognition, and depression and to investigate more efficient methods of detection in older patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF).

Background

In contrast to the outpatient population with chronic HF, much less is known regarding frailty in older, hospitalized patients with ADHF.

Methods

Older hospitalized patients (N = 202) with ADHF underwent assessment of frailty (using Fried criteria), short physical performance battery (SPPB), 6-min walk test (6-MWT) distance, quality of life (QoL using the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire), cognition (using the Montreal Cognition Assessment), and depression (using th

SUBMITTER: Pandey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8067953 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature