A Computer-Aided Diagnosis System for Geriatrics Assessment and Frailty Evaluation

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09012-2_5
• Publication Date: 2014-12-01T14:42:40Z
• Authors: Charalampos Vaira...; Vasilis Tsiamis; Georgia Soursou; Filippos Lekkas; Markella Nikolopo...; Emmanouilia Vasil...; Konstantinos Prem...; Athanasios Alexiou
• Keywords: Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Frail Elderly; Health Status; Computational Biology; Reproducibility of Results; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Sensitivity and Specificity; 3. Good health; Activities of Daily Living; Humans; Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; Cognition Disorders; Geriatric Assessment; Aged

It is a common knowledge that frailty is a condition associated with getting older, and it has been considered as highly prevalent as far as falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality are concerned. At the present time a standardized definition has not yet been established. With that in mind and for frailty being of a vital importance as a term identifying geriatric symptoms, we pursued to embody the well-known 70-scale CSHA Frailty index of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging in a Clinical Decision Support System, after categorizing and expanding it. The proposed categorization in this chapter can be helpful for usage by patients and their relatives, care givers, and medical doctors.