Observational studyJournal of nephrology2023
Comparison between FRAIL Scale and Clinical Frailty Scale in predicting hospitalization in hemodialysis patients.
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- Association between frailty and adverse outcomes in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Renal failure · 2024Pooled it
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- Changes in frailty and all-cause mortality in patients on hemodialysis: a prospective cohort study.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Frailty in Focus: A Scoping Review of Frailty Instruments from the Kidney Disease Aging Research Collaborative.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2026Article
- Integrated Ultrasound Approach to Fluid Assessment and Nutritional Status in Hemodialysis.Cardiorenal medicine · 2026Observational
- Association between low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and frailty in adults aged ≥70 years: a cross-sectional study from Beijing, China.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Frailty, All-Cause Mortality, and Hospitalization in Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Frailty Assessment Tools in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Kidney medicine · 2025Article
- The mediating role of psychological resilience in the relationship between frailty and self-efficacy among dialysis patients.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of pre-frailty and frailty in hemodialysis patients in central China.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Beyond sarcopenia: frailty in chronic haemodialysis patients.Clinical kidney journal · 2024Article
- FRAIL scale as a screening tool and a predictor of mortality in non-dialysis dependent patients.Journal of nephrology · 2024Article
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- Prevalence, associated factors and clinical implications of medication literacy linked to frailty in hemodialysis patients in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC nephrology · 2023Article
- Role of Malnutrition in Atrial Fibrillation: A Prospective Study including Individuals ≥ 75 Years of Age.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Frailty and Colorectal Surgery: Review and Concept of Cancer Frailty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundTo assess the prevalence of frailty by the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) and the 5-item FRAIL scale and their association with hospitalization in hemodialysis (HD) patients.
methodsThis was a prospective observational study. We included patients of both genders ≥ 18 years old in HD treatment for at least 3 months. Demographic, clinical, and routine laboratory data were retrieved from the medical charts. Two different frailty assessment tools were used, the CFS and the FRAIL scale. Participants were followed up for 9 months and hospitalizations for all causes were evaluated. A Venn diagram was constructed to show the overlap of possible frailty and pre-frailty. Cox regression was used to identify the association between frailty and hospitalization. The significance level was 5%.
resultsA total of 137 subjects were included in the analysis. The median age was 61 (52-67) years and 60% were male. The hospitalization rate and mortality in 9 months were 22.6% and 7.29%, respectively. Regarding frailty, the overall prevalence was 13.8% assessed by CFS and 36.5% according to the FRAIL scale. In the Cox regression, frailty by FRAIL scale was associated with a 2.8-fold increase in the risk of hospitalization (OR = 2.880; 95% CI = 1.361-6.096; p = 0.006), but frailty assessed by the CFS was not associated with the need for hospitalization.
conclusionIn HD patients, the FRAIL scale proved to be an easy-to-apply tool, identifying a high prevalence of frailty and being a predictor of hospital admission.
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