Publications by authors named "Paige A Moorhouse"
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- The study compares frailty assessments of orthopedic surgery residents and expert geriatricians using the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) in hip fracture patients, analyzing data from 2015 to 2019.
- Results showed that orthopedic residents often rated patients as less frail than geriatricians, but overall, their assessments were found to have good agreement.
- The findings indicate that while orthopedic residents can reliably assess frailty, they may underestimate its severity, suggesting a need for better integration of comprehensive care models for frail patients.
Background: Frailty is associated with poor outcomes for patients on dialysis and is traditionally measured using tools that assess physical impairment. Alternate measurement tools highlight cognitive and functional domains, requiring clinician, patient, and/or caregiver input. In this study, we compared frailty measures for incident dialysis patients that incorporate patient, clinician, and caregiver perspectives with an aim to contrast the measured prevalence of frailty using tools derived from different conceptual frameworks.
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