Frailty Prevalence in Younger End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients Undergoing Dialysis and Transplantation

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Background: Frailty, originally characterized in community-dwelling older adults, is increasingly being studied and implemented for adult patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) of all ages (>18 years). Frailty prevalence and manifestation are unclear in younger adults (18–64 years) with ESKD; differences likely exist based on whether the patients are treated with hemodialysis (HD) or kidney transplantation (KT). Methods: We leveraged 3 cohorts: 378 adults initiating HD (2008–2012), 4,304 adult KT candidates (2009–2019), and 1,396 KT recipients (2008–2019). The frailty phenotype was measured within 6 months of dialysis initiation, at KT evaluation, and KT admission. Prevalence of frailty and its components was estimated by age (≥65 vs. <65 years). A Wald test for interactions was used to test whether risk factors for frailty differed by age. Results: In all 3 cohorts, frailty prevalence was higher among older than younger adults (HD: 71.4 vs. 47.3%; candidates: 25.4 vs. 18.8%; recipients: 20.8 vs. 14.3%). In all cohorts, older patients were more likely to have slowness and weakness but less likely to report exhaustion. Among candidates, older age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.47–2.17), non-Hispanic black race (OR = 1.30, 95% CI: 1.08–1.57), and dialysis type (HD vs. no dialysis: OR = 2.06, 95% CI: 1.61–2.64; peritoneal dialysis vs. no dialysis: OR = 1.78, 95% CI: 1.28–2.48) were associated with frailty prevalence, but sex and Hispanic ethnicity were not. These associations did not differ by age ( p<sub>interactions</sub> > 0.1). Similar results were observed for recipients and HD patients. Conclusions: Although frailty prevalence increases with age, younger patients have a high burden. Clinicians caring for this vulnerable population should recognize that younger patients may experience frailty and screen all age groups.

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Brian J Buta, Jeremy Walston, Job G Godino … (2016)

The medical syndrome of frailty is widely recognized, yet debate remains over how best to measure it in clinical and research settings. This study reviewed the frailty-related research literature by (a) comprehensively cataloging the wide array of instruments that have been utilized to measure frailty, and (b) systematically categorizing the different purposes and contexts of use for frailty instruments frequently cited in the research literature. We identified 67 frailty instruments total; of these, nine were highly-cited (≥ 200 citations). We randomly sampled and reviewed 545 English-language articles citing at least one highly-cited instrument. We estimated the total number of uses, and classified use into eight categories: risk assessment for adverse health outcomes (31% of all uses); etiological studies of frailty (22%); methodology studies (14%); biomarker studies (12%); inclusion/exclusion criteria (10%); estimating prevalence as primary goal (5%); clinical decision-making (2%); and interventional targeting (2%). The most common assessment context was observational studies of older community-dwelling adults. Physical Frailty Phenotype was the most used frailty instrument in the research literature, followed by the Deficit Accumulation Index and the Vulnerable Elders Survey. This study provides an empirical evaluation of the current uses of frailty instruments, which may be important to consider when selecting instruments for clinical or research purposes. We recommend careful consideration in the selection of a frailty instrument based on the intended purpose, domains captured, and how the instrument has been used in the past. Continued efforts are needed to study the validity and feasibility of these instruments.

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Adapting the Charlson Comorbidity Index for use in patients with ESRD.

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Accurate prediction of survival for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and multiple comorbid conditions is difficult. In nondialysis patients, the Charlson Comorbidity Index has been used to adjust for comorbidity. The purpose of this study is to assess the validity of the Charlson index in incident dialysis patients and modify the index for use specifically in this patient population. Subjects included all incident hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients starting dialysis therapy between July 1, 1999, and November 30, 2000. These 237 patients formed a cohort from which new integer weights for Charlson comorbidities were derived using Cox proportional hazards modeling. Performance of the original Charlson index and the new ESRD comorbidity index were compared using Kaplan-Meier survival curves, change in likelihood ratio, and the c statistic. After multivariate analysis and conversion of hazard ratios to index weights, only 6 of the original 18 Charlson variables were assigned the same weight and 6 variables were assigned a weight higher than in the original Charlson index. Using Kaplan-Meier survival curves, we found that both the original Charlson index and the new ESRD comorbidity index were associated with and able to describe a wide range of survival. However, the new study-specific index had better validated performance, indicated by a greater change in the likelihood ratio test and higher c statistic. This study indicates that the original Charlson index is a valid tool to assess comorbidity and predict survival in patients with ESRD. However, our modified ESRD comorbidity index had slightly better performance characteristics in this population.

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Frailty as a novel predictor of mortality and hospitalization in individuals of all ages undergoing hemodialysis.

Dorry L Segev, Luis F Gimenez, B J Boyarsky … (2013)

To quantify the prevalence of frailty in adults of all ages undergoing chronic hemodialysis, its relationship to comorbidity and disability, and its association with adverse outcomes of mortality and hospitalization. Prospective cohort study. Single hemodialysis center in Baltimore, Maryland. One hundred forty-six individuals undergoing hemodialysis enrolled between January 2009 and March 2010 and followed through August 2012. Frailty, comorbidity, and disability on enrollment in the study and subsequent mortality and hospitalizations. At enrollment, 50.0% of older (≥ 65) and 35.4% of younger (<65) individuals undergoing hemodialysis were frail; 35.9% and 29.3%, respectively, were intermediately frail. Three-year mortality was 16.2% for nonfrail, 34.4% for intermediately frail, and 40.2% for frail participants. Intermediate frailty and frailty were associated with a 2.7 times (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.02-7.07, P = .046) and 2.6 times (95% CI = 1.04-6.49, P = .04) greater risk of death independent of age, sex, comorbidity, and disability. In the year after enrollment, median number of hospitalizations was 1 (interquartile range 0-3). The proportion with two or more hospitalizations was 28.2% for nonfrail, 25.5% for intermediately frail, and 42.6% for frail participants. Although intermediate frailty was not associated with number of hospitalizations (relative risk = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.49-1.16, P = .21), frailty was associated with 1.4 times (95% CI = 1.00-2.03, P = .049) more hospitalizations independent of age, sex, comorbidity, and disability. The association between frailty and mortality (interaction P = .64) and hospitalizations (P = .14) did not differ between older and younger participants. Adults of all ages undergoing hemodialysis have a high prevalence of frailty, more than five times as high as community-dwelling older adults. In this population, regardless of age, frailty is a strong, independent predictor of mortality and number of hospitalizations. © 2013, Copyright the Authors Journal compilation © 2013, The American Geriatrics Society.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): AJN

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Am J Nephrol

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0250-8095

Title: American Journal of Nephrology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0250-8095

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9670

Publication date Subscription-year: 2020

Publication date (Print): July 2020

Publication date (Electronic): 08 July 2020

Volume: 51

Issue: 7

Pages: 501-510

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[_a] _aDepartment of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[_b] _bDepartment of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[_c] _cDivision of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

[_d] _dChild Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

[_e] _eDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[_f] _fWelch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[_g] _gDepartment of Health, Behavior, and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[_h] _hKidney Health Research Collaborative, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Department of Medicine, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA

[_i] _iDivision of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[_j] _jDepartment of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[_k] _kDivision of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics and Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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*Mara A. McAdams-DeMarco, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street W6033, Baltimore 21205 (USA), mara@jhu.edu

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Publisher ID: 508576 Other ID: Am J Nephrol 2020;51:501–510

DOI: 10.1159/000508576

PubMed ID: 32640462

SO-VID: 3ba33952-22f1-4b6f-83ea-efffd344adf5

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Date received : 27 March 2020

Date accepted : 09 May 2020

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Frailty assessment instruments: Systematic characterization of the uses and contexts of highly-cited instruments.

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Frailty as a novel predictor of mortality and hospitalization in individuals of all ages undergoing hemodialysis.

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