Frailty degree and illness trajectories in older people towards the end-of-life: a prospective observational study.
Jordi AmblàsScott A MurrayRamon OllerAnna TornéJoan Carles Martori CañasSébastien MoineNadina Latorre-VallbonaJoan Espaulella-PanicotSebastià Josep Santaeugènia-GonzálezXavier Gómez-BatistePublished in: BMJ open (2021)
All older people towards the end-of-life in this study were frail, mostly with advanced frailty. The degree of frailty is related to survival across the different illness trajectories despite the differing survival patterns among trajectories. Frailty indexes may be useful to assess end-of-life older people, regardless of their trajectory.