Incorporating the Clinical Frailty Scale into routine outpatient nephrology practice: a 3‐year follow‐up of outcomes and associations
Of older adults screened for frailty, those not identified to be frail (CFS 1-4) were twice as likely to have changes in ESKD management as frail patients (CFS 5-8). Three-year mortality was seven times higher (56%) in patients identified as frail at baseline. There were no statistically significant differences in hospitalisation rates or dialysis-related or ESKD-related complications.
Authors
- Aron Chakera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3369-4187)
- Anuttara Panchali Kumarasinghe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7921-505X)
- Matthew Pugliese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0244-4145)
- Nicholas Pizzino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6179-1056)
- Michelle Soye
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Published
- 2025-03-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.70009
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.22