Perioperative medicine & outcomes
The current situation and associated factors of preoperative frailty in elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery
Study context
- Population
- Elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery at a tertiary hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, October 2021–August 2022
- Participants
- 375 patients
- Outcome
- Preoperative frailty (FRAIL frailty assessment scale)
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Preoperative frailty (FRAIL scale)
- Multiple chronic diseases, malnutrition risk and limited ability to perform daily life activities significantly associated with preoperative frailty (multivariate analysis)
- P < 0.05
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with preoperative frailty (multivariate logistic regression)
- Multiple chronic diseases, malnutrition risk and limited ability to perform daily life activities significantly associated with preoperative frailty
- P < 0.05
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Original publication
The current situation and associated factors of preoperative frailty in elderly patients undergoing abdominal surgery. Perioper Med (Lond). Published 18 December 2024. doi:10.
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