Frailty Index and Incident Mortality, Hospitalization, and Institutionalization in Alzheimers Disease: Data From the ICTUS Study

Conclusions.
The FI is a robust predictor of adverse outcomes even after the stage of the underlying dementia is considered. Future work should evaluate the clinical implementation of the FI in the assessment of demented individuals in order to improve the personalization of care.

Source: Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences - March 7, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kelaiditi, E., Andrieu, S., Cantet, C., Vellas, B., Cesari, M., the ICTUS/DSA Group Tags: Research Article Source Type: research