All frailty instruments possessed adequate discriminative ability for all-cause mortality predicting in older primary care patients. Frailty measurement is thus a valuable strategy to identify older patients at risk of mortality and can guide clinical decision-making in primary care settings.
Keyphrases
- primary care
- community dwelling
- end stage renal disease
- patient reported outcomes
- general practice
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- physical activity
- middle aged
- peritoneal dialysis
- cardiovascular events
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported