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. 2022 Sep;22(9):815-817.
doi: 10.1111/ggi.14460. Epub 2022 Aug 12.

Prediction of the possibility of return to home based on frailty assessment at the time of admission to the COVID-19 treatment unit

Koki Kawamura  1 , Aiko Osawa  1 , Masanori Tanimoto  1 , Naoki Itoh  1 , Toshihiro Matsuura  1 , Izumi Kondo  1 , Hidenori Arai  1
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Prediction of the possibility of return to home based on frailty assessment at the time of admission to the COVID-19 treatment unit

Koki Kawamura et al. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2022 Sep.
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Characteristics and calculation of cut‐off values. (a) Comparison of the clinical characteristics between the “Home discharge” group and the “Difficulty with discharge” group. (b) Distribution of Clinical Frailty Scale scores in study participants. (c) Receiver operating characteristic curves for cutoff values of Clinical Frailty Scale scores for possible return home directly from COVID‐19 Treatment Unit. (d) Sensitivity and specificity cut‐off value for CFS. Data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation and median [interquartile range]. *P < 0.05, Mann–Whitney U‐test, χ2‐test, Fisher's exact test. MMSE‐J, Mini‐Mental state Examination‐Japanese; SPPB, Short Physical Performance Battery.
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