The Role of Frailty in Predicting 3 and 6 Months Functional Decline in Hospitalized Older Adults: Findings from a Secondary Analysis

Frailty represents one of the most relevant geriatric syndromes in the 21st century and is a predictor of adverse outcomes in hospitalized older adult, such as, functional decline (FD). This study aimed to examine if frailty, evaluated with the Frailty Index (FI), can predict FD during and after hos...

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Autores principales: Tavares, João, Sa-Couto, Pedro, Reis, João Duarte, Boltz, Marie, Capezuti, Elizabeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34281063
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137126

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8297187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34281063
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18137126

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