348 Developing a Frailty Index: Does the Composition of Functional and Disease or Risk Items Influence Frailty Estimates?

ConclusionFindings suggest that having more functional items in a frailty index results in significantly higher frailty estimates but this only amounted to an approximately 5% difference. Although moderate-strong correlation was observed, further research is needed to investigate if the proportion of functional components influences risk-prediction at population-level.
Source: Age and Ageing - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research