The Frailty Trajectory's Additional Edge Over the Frailty Index: Retrospective Cohort Study of Veterans With Heart Failure

Javad Razjouyan; Ariela R Orkaby; Molly J Horstman; Parag Goyal; Orna Intrator; Aanand D Naik

doi:10.2196/56345

The Frailty Trajectory's Additional Edge Over the Frailty Index: Retrospective Cohort Study of Veterans With Heart Failure

JMIR Aging. 2024 Jun 27:7:e56345. doi: 10.2196/56345.

Authors

Javad Razjouyan^{1

2

3}, Ariela R Orkaby^{4

5}, Molly J Horstman^{1

2}, Parag Goyal⁶, Orna Intrator^{7

8}, Aanand D Naik^{2

9

10}

Affiliations

¹ Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States.
² VA Health Services Research & Development, Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States.
³ Big Data Scientist Training Enhancement Program, VA Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC, United States.
⁴ New England Geriatrics Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Boston Health Care System, Boston, MA, United States.
⁵ Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
⁶ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, United States.
⁷ Geriatrics and Extended Care Data Analysis Center, Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Canandaigua, NY, United States.
⁸ Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States.
⁹ Department of Management, Policy, and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States.
¹⁰ Institute on Aging, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States.

PMID: 38952001
PMCID: PMC11220725
DOI: 10.2196/56345

No abstract available

Keywords: CHF; CVD; HF; MI; ageing; aging; angina; atherosclerosis; cardiac; cardiac arrest; cardiologist; cardiologists; cardiology; cardiovascular disease; congestive heart failure; elder; elderly; frail; frailty; frailty index; frailty trajectory; geriatric; geriatrics; gerontology; heart failure; myocardial infarction; older adult; older adults; older people; older person; unstable angina; weak; weakness.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Frail Elderly / statistics & numerical data
Frailty* / diagnosis
Geriatric Assessment / methods
Heart Failure* / diagnosis
Heart Failure* / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Retrospective Studies
United States / epidemiology
Veterans* / statistics & numerical data

Grants and funding

IK2 HX003163/HX/HSRD VA/United States