Assessing Frailty in Chinese Nursing Home Older Adults: A Comparison between the Frail-NH Scale and Frailty Index.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

(1) To establish appropriate FRAIL-NH cutoff points in nursing homes in Mainland China; (2) To compare the FRAIL-NH scale and Frailty Index in assessing frailty prevalence and associated factors in nursing homes.

Design

A cross-sectional study.

Setting

Six nursing homes in Changsha, China.

Participants

A total of 302 residents aged 60 years or older (mean aged 82.71±8.49, 71.2% female).

Measurements

Frailty was assessed using the 34-item Frailty Index and the FRAIL-NH scale.

Results

The appropriate FRAIL-NH cutoff points to classify frail status and frailest status were 1.5 (87.6% sensitivity, 63.3% specificity) and 7.5 (94.1% sensitivity, 73.4% specificity), respectively. Based on the FRAIL-NH and Frailty Index, 69.5% (48% for frail and 2

SUBMITTER: Ge F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280522 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature