Operationalization of the Clinical Frailty Scale in Korean Community-Dwelling Older People.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a simple measure of global fitness validated in various populations in real-world settings. In this study, we aimed to assess the characteristics and validities of the CFS in community-dwelling older people in Korea, with the original classification tree (oCFS) and a culturally modified tree (mCFS).

Methods

The comprehensive geriatric assessment records of 1,064 individuals of the Aging Study of the Pyeongchang Rural Area were used for this study. For mCFS, we considered the dependency of the food preparations and household chores not to be deficits in the male population. The frailty index was used as a reference for construct validity. We used a composite outcome of death and institutionalization for outcome validity.

Resul

SUBMITTER: Jung HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226398 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature