Identifying Frailty in Administrative Databases: A Narrative Review.

Autor: Campeau Calfat A; Alexandre Campeau Calfat, Université Laval, Faculté de pharmacie, Québec, Canada, alcac7@ulaval.ca., Sirois C
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of frailty & aging [J Frailty Aging] 2024; Vol. 13 (2), pp. 179-183.
DOI: 10.14283/jfa.2024.18
Abstrakt: Frailty is a state of increased vulnerability that can lead to premature death. While various clinical tools effectively measure frailty in individual care, their applicability at the population-level is limited. However, in the era of big-data, administrative databases serve as valuable sources for medication-based research and population surveillance. This narrative scoping review synthesizes the literature on tools used within administrative databases to detect frailty in community-dwelling older adults. The 17 identified publications explore four tools that meet the criteria of the Rockwood and Mitnitski frailty index model. Despite variations in the deficits they incorporate, all tools appear to be valuable for identifying frailty and predicting the risk of adverse events. Using those tools within administrative databases can be useful for research and surveillance purposes.
Competing Interests: The authors have no conflict of interest. This work was supported by VITAM- Centre de recherche en santé durable [2003]; and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec en Santé [Junior 2 Salary Grant].
Databáze: MEDLINE
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