Usefulness of Clinical Frailty Scale for Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment of Older Heart Failure Patients
Tadashi Yuguchi, Kenji Nakajima, Hideyuki Takaoka, Toshio Shimokawa
Abstract
Background: Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is a multidisciplinary diagnostic process to identify the physical, psychological, and social functions of patients with frailty. The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) might aid in effectively identifying older patients with heart failure (HF) and frailty who would then reap maximum benefits from the CGA.
Topics & Concepts
Multidisciplinary approachHeart failureMedicineGerontologyScale (ratio)GeriatricsIntensive care medicinePhysical therapyPsychiatryInternal medicineSocial scienceQuantum mechanicsSociologyPhysicsFrailty in Older AdultsNutrition and Health in AgingHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life