The association between frailty of older stroke patients during hospitalization and one-year all-cause mortality: A multicenter survey in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome defined as multiple deficits, impairing the capacity to figure out insult. Previous studies have reported a significant association between frailty and mortality in stroke patients. This study aimed to explore the association between frailty and mortality among older Chinese stroke patients.

Methods

This study was a secondary analysis of a multicenter prospective cohort study conducted in older Chinese inpatients from October 2018 to February 2020, and patients with a primary diagnosis of stroke including hemorrhage and ischemia, were included in our study. Frailty of older inpatients with stroke from six hospitals was measured by the FRAIL scale, and a one-year follow-up was performed by well-trained nurses of these hospitals

SUBMITTER: Zhang XM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9052266 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature