Development of Korean Frailty Index for Primary Care (KFI-PC) and Its Criterion Validity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of this study was to develop and validate the Korean Frailty Index for Primary Care (KFI-PC) based on a comprehensive geriatric assessment.

Methods

We developed a 54-item KFI-PC comprising 10 standard domains: cognitive status including delirium or dementia; mood; communication including vision, hearing, and speech; mobility; balance; bowel function; bladder function; ability to carry out activities of daily living; nutrition; and social resources. To test its validity, we applied KFI-PC to participants of the Korean Frailty Aging and Cohort Study (KFACS). We analyzed 1,242 participants (mean age, 77.9±3.9 years; 47.2% men) from the KFACS who visited 10 study centers in 2018, after excluding 32 participants with missing data required to assess Fried'

SUBMITTER: Won CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7370789 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature