Prevalence of Frailty in the Transient Ischaemic Attack Clinic and Its Associations with Mortality
Frailty is common in TIA and becomes more common following TIA. The strength of the association of frailty with poor outcome was greater for TIA patients than for those with stroke. Routine assessment of frailty may be a useful addition to TIA services.
Authors
- D. Eveson
- Thompson Gordon Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2144-2468)
- Terence J. Quinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1401-0181)
- Amit Mistri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3716-9531)
- Jatinder S. Minhas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0576-9105)
- Lucy Beishon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3140-8688)
- Alfred M. Elliott
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- British Heart Foundation (GB)
- NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000542386
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03