Protocol for the FACE study: frailty and comorbidity in elderly patients—a multicenter, Chinese observational cohort study

Wen ZHENG; Xin HUANG; Min SUO; Xiao WANG; Xue-Dong ZHAO; Wei GONG; Yan YAN; Xiao-Na WANG; Li SHENG; Shao-Ping NIE

doi:10.26599/1671-5411.2023.01.009

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Please cite this article as: ZHENG W, HUANG X, SUO M, WANG X, ZHAO XD, GONG W, YAN Y, WANG XN, SHENG L, NIE SP. Protocol for the FACE study: frailty and comorbidity in elderly patients—a multicenter, Chinese observational cohort study. J Geriatr Cardiol 2023; 20(1): 83−90. DOI: 10.26599/1671-5411.2023.01.009

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Please cite this article as: ZHENG W, HUANG X, SUO M, WANG X, ZHAO XD, GONG W, YAN Y, WANG XN, SHENG L, NIE SP. Protocol for the FACE study: frailty and comorbidity in elderly patients—a multicenter, Chinese observational cohort study. J Geriatr Cardiol 2023; 20(1): 83−90. DOI: 10.26599/1671-5411.2023.01.009

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Protocol for the FACE study: frailty and comorbidity in elderly patients—a multicenter, Chinese observational cohort study

doi: 10.26599/1671-5411.2023.01.009

Wen ZHENG^{1, *},
Xin HUANG^{1, 2, *},
Min SUO¹,
Xiao WANG¹,
Xue-Dong ZHAO¹,
Wei GONG¹,
Yan YAN¹,
Xiao-Na WANG³,
Li SHENG³,
Shao-Ping NIE^{1
,
,}

1.
Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
2.
Department of Cardiology, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
3.
Department of Geriatric Cardiology, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China

Funds: The study has been approved by the National Key R & D Program of China (2020YFC2004800).

None.
^*The authors contributed equally to this manuscript

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Corresponding author: spnie@ccmu.edu.cn
Available Online: 2023-02-06
Publish Date: 2023-01-28

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Abstract

The present protocol describes an observational cohort study that was designed to propose a therapeutic scheme and formulate an individualized treatment strategy for frail elderly patients diagnosed with multiple diseases in a Chinese, multicenter setting. Over a 3-year period, we will recruit 30,000 patients from 10 hospitals and collect baseline data including patient demographic information, comorbidity characteristic, FRAIL scale, age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (aCCI), relevant blood tests, the results of imaging examination, prescription of drugs, length of hospital stay, number of overall re-hospitalizations and death. Elderly patients (≥ 65 years old) with multimorbidity and receiving hospital care are eligible for this study. Data collection is being performed at baseline and 3, 6, 9 and 12 months after discharge. Our primary analysis was all-cause death, readmission rate and clinical events (including emergency visits, stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, tumor, acute chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc). The study is approved by the National Key R & D Program of China (2020YFC2004800). Data will be disseminated in manuscripts submitted to medical journals and in abstracts submitted to international geriatric conferences. Clinical Trial Registration: [www.ClinicalTrials.gov], identifier [ChiCTR2200056070].

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