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Use of Dementia Assessment Sheet for Community‐based Integrated Care System 8‐items (DASC‐8) for the screening of frailty and c

Geriatrics
Author
Toyoshima et al.
Used Parameters : SMI

Publication Year : 2020

Country : Japan

Journal : Geriatr Gerontol Int

Aim We examined whether the Dementia Assessment Sheet for Community‐based Integrated Care System 8‐items (DASC‐8) is useful for screening frailty and as a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA). Methods Outpatients (N= 431; 269 women; Mage= 78.9±6.8 years) with cardiometabolic disease from a frailty clinic participated. Frailty status was assessed using modified Cardiovascular Health Study criteria, the Clinical Frailty Scale and the Kihon Checklist. Cognition, higher‐level activities of daily living, sarcopenia …
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