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Assessing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: The Need to Include Both Physical Frailty and Cognition

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Physical frailty is a powerful tool for identifying nondisabled individuals at high risk of adverse outcomes. The extent to which cognitive impairment in those without dementia adds value to physical… Click to show full abstract

Physical frailty is a powerful tool for identifying nondisabled individuals at high risk of adverse outcomes. The extent to which cognitive impairment in those without dementia adds value to physical frailty in detecting high‐risk individuals remains unclear.

Keywords: assessing risk; adverse outcomes; physical frailty; risk adverse; frailty

Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2019

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