U.S., May 23 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06985771) titled 'Predictive Ability of Different Frailty Indices for Postoperative Infections in Elderly Patients' on May 15.
Brief Summary: In this study, we extracted data from the patients medical record within the cohort to compare five existing frailty indices: the 5-Item Modified Frailty Index (mFI-5), the Electronic Frailty Index (eFI), the Frailty Index based on Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (FI-CGA), the Frailty Risk Assessment Instrument for the Elderly based on Laboratory and Clinical Indicators (FRAIL), and the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS). The study aims to evaluate the predictive values of each electronic frailty index for th...