Open Access<p>The Association of a Frailty Index and Incident Delirium in Older Hospitalized Patients: An Observational Cohort Study</p>
Author(s) -
Andrea Yevchak Sillner,
Robert McConeghy,
Caroline Madrigal,
Deborah J. Culley,
Rakesh C. Arora,
James L. Rudolph
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s249284
Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , observational study , retrospective cohort study , cohort , cohort study , emergency medicine , psychiatry
Frailty identifies patients that have vulnerability to stress. Acute illness and hospitalization are stressors that may result in delirium and further accelerate the negative consequences of frailty.