Measuring frailty using self-report and test-based health measures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

previously, frailty indices were constructed using mostly subjective health measures. The reporting error in this type of measure can have implications on the robustness of frailty findings.

Objective

to examine whether frailty assessment differs when we construct frailty indices using solely self-reported or test-based health measures.

Design

secondary analysis of data from The Irish LongituDinal study on Ageing (TILDA).

Subjects and methods

4,961 Irish residents (mean age: 61.9 ± 8.4; 54.2% women) over the age of 50 years who underwent a health assessment were included in this analysis. We constructed three frailty indices using 33 self-reported health measures (SRFI), 33 test-based health measures (TBFI) and all 66 measures combined (CFI). The 2-y

SUBMITTER: Theou O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4411224 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature