Assessing frailty in older adults: discriminative properties of physical activity questionnaires.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Frailty is prevalent among older adults and is a growing public health concern. Physical activity questionnaires are pragmatic tools for screening; however, their discriminative capacity remains uncertain. This study aimed to determine the discriminative performance and optimal cut-offs of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) and the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) for identifying frailty states (non-frail, pre-frail, and frail) in a clinically derived cohort of older adults.

Methods

The study enrolled 289 older adults who were assessed using a demographic form, the FRAIL Scale, the IPAQ-SF, and the PASE. Frailty discrimination was evaluated via receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC); optimal thresholds

SUBMITTER: Dogan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12714643 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature