Reliability of fr-AGILE tool to evaluate multidimensional frailty in hospital settings for older adults with COVID-19

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AIMS: The study assesses the reliability of fr-AGILE, a validated rapid tool used for the evaluation of multidimensional frailty in older adults hospitalized with COVID-19.

METHODS: Two different staff members independently assessed the presence of frailty in 144 patients aged ≥ 65 years affected by COVID-19 using the fr-AGILE tool. The internal consistency of fr-AGILE was evaluated by examining the item-total correlations and the Kuder-Richardson (KR) formula. The inter-rater reliability was evaluated using linear weighted kappa.

RESULTS: Multidimensional frailty severity increases with age and is associated to higher use of non-invasive ventilation (p = 0.025), total severity score on chest tomography (p = 0.001) and in-hospital mortality (p = 0.032). Fr-AGILE showed good internal consistency (KR-20 = 0.742) and excellent inter-rater reliability (weighted kappa = 0.752 and 0.878 for frailty score and frailty degree, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: fr-AGILE tool can quickly identify and quantify multidimensional frailty in hospital settings for older patient affected by COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Aging clinical and experimental research - 34(2022), 4 vom: 16. Apr., Seite 939-944

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Curcio, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
De Vita, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Gerundo, Gerardo [VerfasserIn]
Puzone, Brunella [VerfasserIn]
Flocco, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Cante, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Medio, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Cittadini, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Gentile, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
Cacciatore, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Testa, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
Liguori, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Abete, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Frailty evaluation tool
Journal Article
Multidimensional frailty

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Date Completed 10.05.2022

Date Revised 13.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40520-022-02101-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338276556