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Table 3 Valid frailty measures

From: Frailty inclusive care in acute and community-based settings: a systematic review protocol

Measure

Frailty model

Scoring method

11 item Frailty Index [26]

Multidimensional

Predefined fields

5 item Frailty Index (mFI) [27]

Multidimensional

Predefined fields

Balance and Muscle Strength [28]

Physical frailty

Functional performance and self-report

Beaver Dam Eye Study Measure [29]

Physical frailty

Performance

Brief Clinical instrument to Classify Frailty [30]

Multidimensional

Clinician report

Brief Frailty Index (bFI) [31]

Multidimensional

Self-report and performance

Brief Risk Identification of Geriatric Health Tool (BRIGHT) [32]

Multidimensional

Self-report

British Frailty Index [33]

Cumulative deficit

Predefined fields

Care Partner derived Frailty Index based on CGA (CP-FI-CGA) [34, 35]

Cumulative deficit

Care partners using predefined fields

Chair stands [36]

Physical frailty

Performance

Chinese Canadian Study of Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale Telephone Version [37]

Multidimensional

Judgment-based

Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) [5]

Multidimensional

Judgment-based

Clinical global impression of change in physical frailty (CGIC-PF)

Cumulative deficit

Predefined fields

Comprehensive Assessment of frailty [38]

Physical frailty

Performance, self- and clinician report

Comprehensive frailty assessment instrument (CFAI) [39]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Continuous Composite Measure of Frailty [40]

Physical frailty

Performance, self-report

Continuous frailty scale [41]

Physical frailty

Self-report and Performance

EASYcare - short version [42]

Multidimensional

Clinician report

EASY-Care Two-step Older persons Screening—Easy-Care TOS [43]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) [44]

Multidimensional, CGA

Functional performance, self-report, and clinician report

Electronic Frailty Index (eFI) [45]

Cumulative deficit

Predefined fields

Emergency General Surgeries Frailty Index–EGS-FI [46]

Multidimensional

Clinician report

Evaluative Frailty Index for Physical Activity (EFIP) [47]

Cumulative deficit

Clinician report

Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation, Illness, Loss of Weight (FRAIL) [48]

Physical frailty

Self-report

Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1) [49]

Physical frailty

Performance

Frail Non Disabled (FIND) [50]

Physical frailty

Self-report

FRAIL–Frailty and Autonomy Scoring Instrument of Leuven [51]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Frailty Assessment for Care Planning Tool (FACT) [52,53,54]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

Frailty GIR Evaluation (FRAGIRE) [55]

Multidimensional

Clinician report

Frailty Index (FI) [56, 57]

Cumulative deficit

Predefined fields

Frailty index derived from comprehensive geriatric assessment (FI-CGA) [58]

Cumulative deficit, CGA

Trained specialists using predefined fields

Frailty Index for Elders (FIFE) [59]

Multidimensional

Clinician report

Frailty Phenotype, CHS index [60]

Physical frailty

Self-report and performance

Frailty predicts death One yeaR after Elective CArdiac Surgery Test (FORECAST) [61]

Physical frailty

Performance, self-, and clinician report

Frailty Screening Questionnaire (FSQ) [62]

Physical frailty

Self-report

Frailty Screening Tool [63]

Multidimensional, CGA

Self- and clinician report

Frailty Trait Scale (FTS) [64]

Physical frailty

Performance

Functional Ability Index (FA Index) in the LUCAS Cohort [65]

Physical frailty

Self-report

Functional assessment screening package [66]

Multidimensional

Predefined criteria

G-8 Geriatric Screening Tool [67]

Multidimensional

Self-report

G8 Questionnaire [68]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

Gait Speed Test [GST] [69]

Physical frailty

Performance

Geriatric Functional Evaluation (GFE) [70]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Gérontopôle Frailty Screening Tool (GFST) [71]

Physical frailty

Clinician report

Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) [72]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Guilley Frailty Instrument [73]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Hand grip strength [74]

Physical frailty

Performance

Health Status Form– HSF [75]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Identification of Seniors at Risk (ISAR) [76]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Inactivity and Weight Loss [77]

Physical frailty

Clinician report

Índice de Vulnerabilidade Clínico-Funcional IVCF-20 [78]

Multidimensional, CGA

Self-report

Instrumento Multidimensional de rastreio da Sindrome da Fragilidade (IMSIFI) [79]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

INTER-FRAIL Study Questionnaire [80]

Multildimensional, CGA

Self-report

Kaigo-Yobo CheckList [81]

Multidimensional, CGA

Self-report

Kihon Check-list (KCL) [82]

Multidimensional, CGA

Self-report

KLoSHA Frailty Index [83]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

Korean Frailty Index [84]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

Margliano-Cacciafesta polypathological scale (MCPS) [85]

Multidimensional

Clinician report

Modelo Fried adaptado [86]

Physical frailty

Self-report

Modified Frailty Score [87]

Multidimensional

Performance

Modified Physical Performance Test (mPPT) [88]

Physical frailty

Performance

Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) [89]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician-report

Opasich Frailty Measure [90]

Physical frailty

Performance

Physical frailty score [91]

Physical frailty

Performance

Predictive Physical Frailty Score [92]

Physical frailty

Self- and clinician report, performance

PRISMA-7 [93]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Prognostic Frailty Risk Score [94]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

Prognostic Frailty Score [95]

Multidimensional, CGA

Self-report and performance

Puts Frailty Criteria [96]

Multidimensional

Self-report and performance

Rapid Geriatric Assessment (RGA) [97]

Physical frailty

Self-report

Reported Edmonton Frail Scale (REFS) [98]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician and self-report

Resident Assessment Instrument, Minimum Data Set (RAI-MDS) [99]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report and performance

Rothman Frailty Criteria [100]

Multidimensional

Self-report and performance

Schoevaerdts Index [101]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

SEGAm–Modified Short Emergency Geriatric Assessment [102]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

Self-report Screening Tool for Frailty [103]

Physical frailty

Self-report

Self-rated Health Deficits Index (HDI) [104]

Multidimensional

Self-report

SHARE Frailty Instrument [105]

Physical frailty

Self-report, calculator

SHARE Frailty Instrument 75+ [106]

Physical frailty

Self-report, calculator

Sherbrooke Postal Questionnaire (SPQ) [107]

Multidimensional, CGA

Self-report

Short physical performance battery (SPPB) [108]

Physical frailty

Performance

Strawbridge questionnaire [109]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) Index [110]

Physical frailty

Self-report and performance

Subset of Functional Status Questionnaire [111]

Multidimensional

Self-report

Three-City Study Frailty Criteria [112]

Multidimensional

Performance

Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) [113]

Multidimensional, CGA

Self-report and performance

Timed Up and Go (TUG) [114]

Physical frailty

Performance

Trauma-Specific Frailty Index (TSFI) [115]

Cumulative deficit

Predefined fields

Triage Risk Screening Tool [116]

Multidimensional, CGA

Clinician report

Upper Extremity Function (UEF) Frailty [117]

Physical frailty

Performance

Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) [118]

Multidimensional

Clinician report

Winograd Screening Instrument [119]

Physical frailty

Clinician report

Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study (WHI-OS) Multicomponent Measure [120]

Physical frailty

Self-report and performance