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Hiroyuki Umegaki1, Masaaki Nagae2, Hitoshi Komiya2
1Department of Community Healthcare and Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 466-8550, Japan. umegaki@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Frailty is a dynamic status that can worsen or improve. However, changes in their frailty status that occur during hospitalization and their significance have not been comprehensively investigated. In this study, we explored the association between such changes and mortality 3 months after discharge in older adults hospitalized for acute care. In total, 257 participants (mean age 84.95 ± 5.88, 41.6% male) completed comprehensive geriatric assessments, including the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) at admission and discharge. Mean CFS score was 5.14 ± 1.35 at admission. CFS scores increased, indicating deteriorating frailty, in 29.2% of the participants (75/257) during hospitalization. Multiple logistic regression analysis demonstrated a positive association between increased CFS score during hospitalization and mortality (odds ratio, 2.987) independent of potential co-founding factors. This deterioration in frailty during hospitalization may be modifiable risk factor of poor prognosis in older adults who need acute care hospitalization.
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