JACC. Heart failure
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JACC. Heart failure · Dec 2019
Frailty Among Older Decompensated Heart Failure Patients: Prevalence, Association With Patient-Centered Outcomes, and Efficient Detection Methods.
This study sought to assess the prevalence of frailty, its associations with physical function, quality of life (QoL), cognition, and depression and to investigate more efficient methods of detection in older patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). ⋯ Ninety-eight percent of older, hospitalized patients with ADHF are frail or pre-frail. Frailty (vs. pre-frail status) is associated with worse physical function, QoL, comorbidity, and depression. The simple 4-m walk test combined with self-reported physical activity may quickly and efficiently identify frailty in older patients with ADHF.