Do non-responders of a geriatric screening questionnaire face lower one-year survival compared to responders? A retrospective cohort study
Kathrine Hønholt Carlson, Lone Duval, Birgith Engelst Grove, Christina Bach Menzel, Claire Snyder, Jesper Ryg, Jonas Hermann Schrøder, Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi, Regine Grytnes, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard · 2026
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Kathrine Hønholt Carlson and co-authors ask a plain question with a sharp edge: do older cancer patients who skip a frailty survey fare worse? The survey began in 2020 at a hospital in Denmark for patients aged sixty and up, to spot frailty and shape care. Their 2026 study looks back at more than seven hundred patients signed up over three years.
Close to three in ten patients never sent the form back. That group shows the lowest one-year survival, with a fast drop in the first hundred days. Among those who did reply, close to half flag as high risk for frailty. The gap warns staff that silence on a form can itself mark high need, and that chasing replies may matter as much as the scores.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kathrine Hønholt Carlson, Lone Duval, Birgith Engelst Grove, Christina Bach Menzel, Claire Snyder, Jesper Ryg, Jonas Hermann Schrøder, Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi, Regine Grytnes, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |