Michael A Campitelli, Susan E Bronskill, David B Hogan, Christina Diong, Joseph E Amuah, Sudeep Gill, Dallas Seitz, Kednapa Thavorn, Walter P Wodchis, Colleen J Maxwell
BACKGROUND: Evaluating different approaches to identifying frail home care clients at heightened risk for adverse health outcomes is an important but understudied area. Our objectives were to determine the prevalence and correlates of frailty (as operationally defined by three measures) in a home care cohort, the agreement between these measures, and their predictive validity for several outcomes assessed over one year. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study with linked population-based administrative and clinical (Resident Assessment Instrument [RAI]) data for all long-stay home care clients (aged 66+) assessed between April 2010-2013 in Ontario, Canada (n = 234,552)...
July 7, 2016: BMC Geriatrics