Association of Clinical Frailty Scores With Hospital Readmission for Falls After Index Admission for Trauma-Related Injury | Zendy

Victor H. Hatcher | Zendy; Colette Galet | Zendy; Michele Lilienthal | Zendy; Dionne A. Skeete | Zendy; Kathleen S Romanowski | Zendy

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Association of Clinical Frailty Scores With Hospital Readmission for Falls After Index Admission for Trauma-Related Injury

Author(s) -

Victor H. Hatcher,

Colette Galet,

Michele Lilienthal,

Dionne A. Skeete,

Kathleen S Romanowski

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

jama network open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.278

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2574-3805

DOI - 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.12409

Subject(s) - medicine , injury severity score , medical record , retrospective cohort study , abbreviated injury scale , emergency medicine , injury prevention , population , poison control , occupational safety and health , frailty index , cohort study , geriatric trauma , physical therapy , environmental health , pathology

Key Points Question Is frailty assessed using the Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale associated with hospital readmission for falls after index admission for trauma-related injury? Findings In this cohort study of 804 patients aged 50 years and older with trauma-related injury, frailty was more likely to be associated with readmission for falls after index admission and discharge disposition to a skilled nursing facility compared with nonfrailty. Meaning Assessment of frailty at hospital admission may provide an effective tool to evaluate fall risk and the likelihood of discharge disposition to a skilled nursing facility among patients with trauma-related injury aged 50 years and older, and may provide useful information for discharge planning by evaluating the need for referrals to fall prevention programs among at-risk patients and by estimating potential health care costs.

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