In this study, the scientists analysed 35
frailty scores — identified by a systematic literature review — on their ability to predict mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
«This study addresses one of the most relevant issues in healthcare and research on aging populations: how to diagnose and assess frailty, given the availability of many different
frailty scores and the lack of a gold standard», says Dr Aguayo.
Dr Gloria Aguayo from the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) and co-workers examined the predictive ability of 35
frailty scores for cardiovascular disease, cancer and all - cause mortality using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.
Notably, this research work is the first to compare the performance of
frailty scores with respect to cancer incidence.
In models adjusted for demographic and clinical information, 33 out of 35
frailty scores showed significant added predictive performance for all - cause mortality.
The researchers observed that
all frailty scores were associated with all - cause mortality, some were also associated with the incidence of cardiovascular disease, but none were associated with cancer events.
The study highlights the vast heterogeneity in the composition and performance of existing
frailty scores.
The authors specify that multidimensional
frailty scores may have a more stable association with mortality and incidence of cardiovascular disorders.
Overall,
frailty scores were calculated for 40,469 patients.
Frailty scores ranged from 0 (no positive frailty values) to 0.64 (four positive frailty values) with a mean score of.10.
Patients who have low
frailty scores will probably do well and should be considered on the merits of their health, and not solely on age.
Since most of these variables are considered co-morbidities, such as history of heart attack, stent and hypertension, health care providers can easily calculate a patient's
frailty score by taking a simple medical history.
Importantly, Dr. Adams points out that
this frailty score could also be used to show that elderly patients should not be denied an option for surgical treatment.
Not exact matches
But you know Arsenal and our defensive
frailties were exposed again as Diame
scored with their first meaningful attack.
However, Huddersfield
scored two goals due to defensive
frailties and shocked the Europa league winners with a win.
Shane Long would expose more
frailties again in the last game of the season, when he was afforded too much space, to
score the Baggies» equalizer, despite being offside.
Ewood Park is rarely blessed with high -
scoring encounters, however Blackburn have been shipping goals - a-plenty away from home of late and their away
frailties may well have a lingering affect on Saturday.
Since the majority of patients in this study had four or less positive
frailty values, the maximum assigned
score was 4/11, rather than 11/11.
Many
scores have been developed to assess
frailty and to make predictions on disease and mortality, but there is no gold standard.
In addition to the STS
score,
frailty and other disabilities were considered in the evaluation of risk.
A new study recently measured the gut microbiota in 728 female twins with varying degrees of
frailty and discovered that people with a high Frailty Index (a measurement of frailty) possess gut microbiota with significantly lower diversity than those with low Frailty Index
frailty and discovered that people with a high
Frailty Index (a measurement of frailty) possess gut microbiota with significantly lower diversity than those with low Frailty Index
Frailty Index (a measurement of
frailty) possess gut microbiota with significantly lower diversity than those with low Frailty Index
frailty) possess gut microbiota with significantly lower diversity than those with low
Frailty Index
Frailty Index
scores.
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82 Perhaps, understandably, Liberty Mutual is attempting to address some of the inherent
frailties of the GCS
score through its desire to import the adjectives valid and reliable.