Cross-sectoral inter-rater reliability of the clinical frailty scale - a Danish translation and validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Focus on frailty status has become increasingly important when determining care plans within and across health care sectors. A standardized frailty measure applicable for both primary and secondary health care sectors is needed to provide a common reference point. The aim of this study was to translate the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) into Danish (CFS-DK) and test inter-rater reliability for key health care professionals in the primary and secondary sectors using the CFS-DK.

Methods

The Clinical Frailty Scale was translated into Danish using the ISPOR principles for translation and cultural adaptation that included forward and back translation, review by the original developer, and cognitive debriefing. For the validation exercise, 40 participants were asked to ra

SUBMITTER: Nissen SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640648 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature