The ability of eight frailty instruments to identify adverse outcomes across different settings: the FRAILTOOLS project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To compare the performance of eight frailty instruments to identify relevant adverse outcomes for older people across different settings over a 12 month follow-up.

Methods

Observational longitudinal prospective study of people aged 75 + years enrolled in different settings (acute geriatric wards, geriatric clinic, primary care clinics, and nursing homes) across five European cities. Frailty was assessed using the following: Frailty Phenotype, SHARE-FI, 5-item Frailty Trait Scale (FTS-5), 3-item FTS (FTS-3), FRAIL scale, 35-item Frailty Index (FI-35), Gérontopôle Frailty Screening Tool, and Clinical Frailty Scale. Adverse outcomes ascertained at follow-up were as follows: falls, hospitalization, increase in limitation in basic (BADL) and instrumental activities of

SUBMITTER: Oviedo-Briones M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9178160 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature