Prevalence of frailty and association with patient centered outcomes: A prospective registry-embedded cohort study from India

IRIS collaborative, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan*, Aasiyah Rashan, Swagata Tripathy, Devachandran Jayakumar, Ramesh Venkataraman, Pratheema Ramachandran, Zubair Umer Mohamed, Sindhu Balakrishnan, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan, Rashan Haniffa, Abi Beane, Neill K.J. Adhikari, Nicolette F De Keizer, Nazir I Lone

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Abstract

Purpose:
We aimed to study the prevalence of frailty, evaluate risk factors, and understand impact on outcomes in India.
Methods:
This was a prospective registry-embedded cohort study across 7 intensive care units (ICUs) and included adult patients anticipated to stay for at least 48hrs. Primary exposure was frailty, as defined by a score ≥5 on the Clinical Frailty Scale and primary outcome was ICU mortality. Secondary outcomes included in-hospital mortality and resource utilization. We used generalized linear models to evaluate risk factors and model association between frailty and outcomes.
Results:
838 patients were included, with median (IQR) age 57 (42,68) yrs.; 64.8% were male. Prevalence of frailty was 19.8%. Charlson comorbidity index (OR:1.73 (95%CI:1.39,2.15)), Subjective Global Assessment categories mild/moderate malnourishment (OR:1.90 (95%CI:1.29, 2.80)) and severe malnourishment [OR:4.76 (95% CI:2.10,10.77)] were associated with frailty. Frailty was associated with higher odds of ICU mortality (adjusted OR:2.04 (95% CI:1.25,3.33)), hospital mortality (adjusted OR:2.36 (95%CI:1.45,3.84)), development of stage2/3 AKI (unadjusted OR:2.35 (95%CI:1.60, 3.43)), receipt of non-invasive ventilation (unadjusted OR:2.68 (95%CI:1.77, 4.03)), receipt of vasopressors (unadjusted OR:1.47 (95%CI:1.04, 2.07)), and receipt of kidney replacement therapy (unadjusted OR:3.15 (95%CI:1.90, 5.17)).
Conclusions:
Frailty is common among critically ill patients in India and is associated with worse outcomes.
Original languageEnglish
Article number154509
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Critical Care
Volume80
Early online date21 Dec 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2024

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Frailty
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Registries
  • Global Health
  • Developing Countries

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