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Validation of a Novel Frailty Index in Surgical Cohorts

Completed
Conditions
Surgery--Complications
Perioperative Complication
Anesthesia Morbidity
Registration Number
NCT03971851
Lead Sponsor
University of Iceland
Brief Summary

This study will validate the utility of a novel frailty index that uses ICD diagnoses to call frailty severity in a surgical cohort of patients 65 and older

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50000
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients 65 years or older, undergoing any surgery at Landspitali University Hospital with an anesthesia team involved
Exclusion Criteria
  • No American Society of Anesthesiology classification provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Time to hospital readmissionUp to 180 days

For patients surviving index hospitalization, the proportional hazard ratio of readmission between the three frailty group

30-day mortality30-days

Mortality within 30 days of surgery in each of the three frailty risk groups

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Prolonged hospital length-of stay3 months

Incidence of patients staying more than 10-days after surgery in the three frailty risk cohorts

Long-term mortalityUp to 14 years

Long-term mortality of the three different frailty risk groups, compared with proportional hazard modeling

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