Frailty in Relation to Cognition in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults: Validating the Electronic Frailty Index based on the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (eFI‐CGA) in Primary Care

Background Frailty can be screened using the Clinical Scale (CFS) and quantified a Index (FI) based on deficit accumulation. Higher degrees of frailty have been associated with greater risks adverse outcomes, including dementia. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA, allows development individualized care plans for older adults’) has used to derive an FI-CGA. To promote effective assessment outside specialized geriatric services, we developed are validating electronic CGA automated FI-CGA (eFI-CGA). The goal is early detection management in home-living adults. Here, examined characteristics robustness eFI-CGA assessed by primary-care physicians investigated relationship between cognition. Method Data were collected as part collaborative effort Fraser Health Nova Scotia validate eFI-CGA. Baseline assessments conducted at primary clinics software tools created following standard procedures. Dementia diagnoses no cognitive impairment (NCI), mild (MCI), dementia made DSM-IV criteria. For testing, multiple interactions generated, excluding measures. analyzed employing regression descriptive statistics. Result sample (n = 137; age 79.2±7.6 years, women 67.9%; CFS 3.7±1.3) contained 82.5% NCI 17.5% MCI/dementia cases. Participants slightly older, less educated, more likely live alone take 7+ medications, compared those NCI. Sores various integrations highly correlated. These showed consistent distributions, relationships, maximum values <0.70. group lowest mean scores consistently across iterations. Close correlations (p<0.001) mini-cog (p<0.010) observed. Conclusion widely reported FI. A clear association cognition was found, even when measurements excluded from Ongoing work will test generalizability these findings, larger size follow-up well examine how data geriatrician assessments.