Validation of "(fr)AGILE": a quick tool to identify multidimensional frailty in the elderly.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several tools have been proposed and validated to operationally define frailty. Recently, the Italian Frailty index (IFi), an Italian modified version of Frailty index, has been validated but its use in clinical practice is limited by long time of administration. Therefore, the aim of this study was to create and validate a quick version of the IFi (AGILE).

Methods

Validation study was performed by administering IFi and AGILE, after a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) in 401 subjects aged 65 or over (77 ± 7 years). AGILE was a 10-items tool created starting from the more predictive items of the four domains of frailty investigated by IFi (mental, physical, socioeconomic and nutritional). AGILE scores were stratified in light, moderate and severe frailty. At

SUBMITTER: Liguori I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526099 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature