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Systematic review of the utility of the frailty index and frailty phenotype to predict all-cause mortality in older people.
Systematic reviews - 2 Sept 2022
Kim Dani J, Massa M Sofia, Potter Caroline M, Clarke Robert, Bennett Derrick A
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BACKGROUND: Current guidelines for healthcare of community-dwelling older people advocate screening for frailty to predict adverse health outcomes, but there is no consensus on the optimum instrument to use in such settings. The objective of this systematic review of population studies was to compare the ability of the frailty index (FI) and frailty phenotype (FP) instruments to predict all-cause mortality in...
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