Frailty in older adults admitted to hospital: a six-year dual-centre retrospective study of over 53 000 clinical frailty scale assessments
This large cohort study of acutely admitted older adults found half were living with frailty. This highlights the importance of frailty identification to optimise personalised care. There was no significant change in frailty severity between 2018 and 2022.
Authors
- Luke Hodgson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8278-9513)
- R. Winter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2408-5243)
- Emma Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0555-2691)
Institutions
- Brighton and Sussex Medical School (GB)
- Worthing Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Age and Ageing
- Published
- 2025-05-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf137
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.57