FRAIL scale as a screening tool and a predictor of mortality in non-dialysis dependent patients.

Hellen Christina Neves RodriguesAmanda Goulart de Oliveira SousaVitória Rodrigues Morais PretoCamila Moura Batista FerroClara Sandra de Araújo SugizakiAna Tereza Vaz de Souza FreitasMarcos Ferreira MinicucciPaula Schmidt AzevedoMaria do Rosário Gondim PeixotoNara Aline Costa

Published in: Journal of nephrology (2024)

Physical frailty phenotype identifies more patients as having pre-frailty and frailty in non-dialysis dependent patients as compared to the FRAIL scale. However, the FRAIL scale is a simple bedside tool that can be useful for screening for frailty and whose results were associated with mortality.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
community dwelling
prognostic factors
cardiovascular disease
mental health
patient reported outcomes