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| Title |
Frailty in end-stage renal disease: comparing patient, caregiver, and clinician perspectives
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| Published in |
BMC Nephrology, May 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12882-017-0558-x |
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| Authors |
David A. Clark, Usman Khan, Bryce A. Kiberd, Colin C. Turner, Alison Dixon, David Landry, Heather C. Moffatt, Paige A. Moorhouse, Karthik K. Tennankore |
| Abstract |
Frailty is associated with poor outcomes for patients on dialysis and is traditionally measured using tools that assess physical impairment. Alternate measurement tools highlight cognitive and functional domains, requiring clinician, patient, and/or caregiver input. In this study, we compared frailty measures for incident dialysis patients that incorporate patient, clinician, and caregiver perspectives with an aim to contrast the measured prevalence of frailty using tools derived from different conceptual frameworks. A prospective cohort study of incident dialysis patients was conducted between February 2014 and June 2015. Frailty was assessed at dialysis onset using: 1) modified definition of Fried Phenotype (Dialysis Morbidity Mortality Study definition, DMMS); 2) Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS); 3) Frailty Assessment Care Planning Tool (provides CFS grading, FACT-CFS); and 4) Frailty Index (FI). Measures were compared via correlation and sensitivity/specificity analyses. A total of 98 patients participated (mean age of 61 ± 14 years). Participants were primarily Caucasian (91%), male (58%), and the majority started on hemodialysis (83%). The median score for both the CFS and FACT-CFS was 4 (interquartile range of 3-5). The mean FI score was 0.31 (standard deviation ± 0.16). The DMMS identified 78% of patients as frail. The FACT-CFS demonstrated highest correlation (r = 0.71) with the FI, while the DMMS was most sensitive (97%, 100%) and a CFS ≥ 5 most specific (100%, 77%) at corresponding FI cutoff values (>0.21, >0.45). Frailty assessments of incident dialysis patients that include clinician, caregiver and patient perspectives have moderate to strong correlation with the FI. At specified FI cutoff values, the FACT-CFS and DMMS are highly sensitive measures of frailty. The CFS and FACT-CFS may represent viable alternative screening tools in dialysis patients. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Poland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Unknown | 22 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 36% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 17% |
| Psychology | 4 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 1% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 24 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
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