Open AccessAssociation Between Changes in Frailty Index and Clinical Outcomes: An Observational Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Sunghwan Ji,
Ji Eun Baek,
Taeyang Jin,
Eun ju Lee,
IlYoung Jang,
Hee Won Jung
Publication year - 2022
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.s358512
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , mood , cohort , statistical significance , demography , ambulatory , gerontology , psychiatry , physics , sociology , optics
Although the association between a single assessment of frailty index (FI) and clinical outcomes has been revealed in prior studies, there is a lack of knowledge about the prognostic value of FI at different time points and the changes in repeated measurements of FI. Hence, we sought to determine the clinically meaningful changes in FI and reveal the association with the changes and a composite outcome of mortality and institutionalization.