F M Balla1,2, C G Yheulon3, J L Stetler3, A D Patel3, E Lin3, S S Davis3. 1. Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Emory University, 1365 Clifton Road, 4th Floor Building A, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. drfadiballa@gmail.com. 2. , Portland, USA. drfadiballa@gmail.com. 3. Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Emory University, 1365 Clifton Road, 4th Floor Building A, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Frailty is a decrease in physiologic reserve that is separate from the normal aging process. Previously, an 11-item modified frailty index (mFI) using NSQIP variables predicted outcomes for surgical patients. We aim to validate a condensed 5-item mFI in ventral hernia patients and determine outcomes and the relative impact of each frailty variable. METHODS: The NSQIP database was queried from 2011 to 2016 for patients undergoing VHR. Spearman's rho correlation was used to determine the degree of correlation between 11-item and 5-item mFI raw frailty scores. Chi squared testing was used to determine odds ratios (95% CI) for accumulating frailty variables in both indices with regard to complications vs a baseline of zero variables present on the 11-item scale. Complications were defined by the Clavien-Dindo (CD) classification. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on each frailty variable to determine their relative weighted impacts on outcomes. RESULTS: 97,905 patients (99.45%) had all five frailty variables recorded. Only 11,549 patients (11.73%) had all variables from the 11-item mFI. No difference existed between groups for the five mutually shared frailty variables, BMI, emergent vs non-emergent procedures, operative time, or operative approach. For accumulating variables in both indices, the 5-item mFI predicts incidence of any complications, major complications, and discharge not to home similarly to the 11-item mFI. The most significantly weighted variable for complications and discharge not to home is functional status. CONCLUSION: A 5-item mFI accurately predicts outcomes similar to the validated 11-item mFI and captures more patients for analysis.
PURPOSE: Frailty is a decrease in physiologic reserve that is separate from the normal aging process. Previously, an 11-item modified frailty index (mFI) using NSQIP variables predicted outcomes for surgical patients. We aim to validate a condensed 5-item mFI in ventral herniapatients and determine outcomes and the relative impact of each frailty variable. METHODS: The NSQIP database was queried from 2011 to 2016 for patients undergoing VHR. Spearman's rho correlation was used to determine the degree of correlation between 11-item and 5-item mFI raw frailty scores. Chi squared testing was used to determine odds ratios (95% CI) for accumulating frailty variables in both indices with regard to complications vs a baseline of zero variables present on the 11-item scale. Complications were defined by the Clavien-Dindo (CD) classification. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed on each frailty variable to determine their relative weighted impacts on outcomes. RESULTS: 97,905 patients (99.45%) had all five frailty variables recorded. Only 11,549 patients (11.73%) had all variables from the 11-item mFI. No difference existed between groups for the five mutually shared frailty variables, BMI, emergent vs non-emergent procedures, operative time, or operative approach. For accumulating variables in both indices, the 5-item mFI predicts incidence of any complications, major complications, and discharge not to home similarly to the 11-item mFI. The most significantly weighted variable for complications and discharge not to home is functional status. CONCLUSION: A 5-item mFI accurately predicts outcomes similar to the validated 11-item mFI and captures more patients for analysis.
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