Predictive validity of the Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation for mortality, hospitalization and institutionalization in older adults: A retrospective cohort survey

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Bio-psycho-social frailty is related to increased risk of death and utilization of health services. This paper reports the predictive validity of a 10-min multidimensional questionnaire on the risk of death, hospitalization and institutionalization.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed based on data from the “Long Live the Elderly!” program, involving 8,561 community-dwelling Italian people >75, followed for an average of 516.6 days (Median = 448, P25–P75: 309–692). Mortality, hospitalization, and institutionalization rates according to frailty levels assessed by the Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation (SFGE) have been calculated.

Results

Compared with the robust, the pre-frail, frail, and very frail faced a statistically significant in

SUBMITTER: Liotta G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9969158 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature