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Four Year Prognostic Index
Aka: Four Year Prognostic Index
- Definition
- Calculation to predict four year mortality in older adults
- Indication
- Assess whether a patient will live long enough to benefit from a specific screening measure or medical intervention
- Criteria
- Age (5 year increments from 60 to over 85 years old)
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Cancer
- Chronic lung disease
- Heart Failure
- Body Mass Index (<25 kg/m2)
- Current Tobacco use
- Functional capacity
- Difficulty bathing
- Difficulty managing finances
- Difficulty walking several blocks
- Difficulty pushing or pulling heavy objects
- References
- Lee (2006) JAMA 295: 805
- (2006) Am Fam Physician 74(4): 633-4