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We included the frailty index score as a proxy measure of frailty (Faurot et al. 2015).
To design a frailty index (FI) and evaluate three methods to handle missing data.
The Frailty Index has been shown to predict discharge disposition in geriatric patients.
Patient frailty score was recorded on admission using the Rockwood frailty index in on 55 consecutive patients.
Frailty was quantified using the frailty index (FI).
For any individual, the Frailty Index is the number of deficits present, divided by the number of deficits counted, here 40: hence someone with 6 deficits would have a Frailty Index of 0.15.
Associations with age, sex, and frailty (as measured by an analogously constructed frailty index) were also studied.
FI, Frailty index.
Note: FI: Frailty Index.
A frailty index counts deficits in health.
CI = Confidence Intervals, FI = frailty index.
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