Validity and Utility of the Questionnaire-based FRAIL Scale in Older Patients With Heart Failure: Findings From the FRAGILE-HF

We investigated whether the FRAIL scale questionnaire is consistent with the Fried criteria, predicts all-cause mortality, and reflects physical dysfunction in patients with heart failure (HF).

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - March 27, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Kohei Nozaki, Kentaro Kamiya, Nobuaki Hamazaki, Hiroshi Saito, Kazuya Saito, Yuki Ogasahara, Emi Maekawa, Masaaki Konishi, Takeshi Kitai, Kentaro Iwata, Kentaro Jujo, Hiroshi Wada, Takatoshi Kasai, Hirofumi Nagamatsu, Tetsuya Ozawa, Katsuya Izawa, Shuhei Tags: Original Study Source Type: research