Assessing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: The Need to Include Both Physical Frailty and Cognition

CONCLUSIONPhysical frailty and CIND are independent predictors of incident disability and death. Because together physical frailty and CIND identify vulnerable older adults better, optimal risk assessment should supplement measures of physical frailty with measures of cognitive function.

Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - November 23, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: M árlon J. R. Aliberti, Irena S. Cenzer, Alexander K. Smith, Sei J. Lee, Kristine Yaffe, Kenneth E. Covinsky Tags: Clinical Investigation Source Type: research