title: A computer-aided diagnosis system for geriatrics assessment and frailty evaluation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Sciences and Biomedical Informatics, University of Thessaly, Papasiopoulou 2-4, 53100, Lamia, Greece, cvairakt@dib.uth.gr.
authors.forename: Charalampos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vairaktarakis
authors.forename: Vasilis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsiamis
authors.forename: Georgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Soursou
authors.forename: Filippos
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lekkas
authors.forename: Markella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nikolopoulou
authors.forename: Emmanouilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vasileiadou
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Premtsis
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alexiou
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity