Examples of such non-clinical frailty indices are the Tilburg Frailty Indicator [ 19], the Sherbrooke Postal Questionnaire [ 20] and the Groningen Frailty Indicator (Steverink et al. cited in 21).
Those in the bottom quarter had this frailty indicator.
They tested grip strength, asking the participants to squeeze a device that measured their grip and counting the weakest 20percentt as having this frailty indicator.
Groningen Frailty Indicator.
The Groningen Frailty Indicator (GFI) has been developed to identify frailty.
Assessing the validity of the Comprehensive Frailty Assessment Instrument (CFAI) in comparison with the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI).
The Tilburg Frailty Indicator is a questionnaire with a bio-psycho-social approach, which measures frailty by 15 questions.
To assess the reliability, construct validity, and predictive (concurrent) validity of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), a self-report questionnaire for measuring frailty in older persons.
Using the Frailty Index (FI) as "gold standard," we compared (1) the diagnostic performance of 3 frailty measures (FRAIL, Clinical Frailty Scale [CFS], and Tilburg Frailty Indicator [TFI]) in identifying frailty, and (2) their ability to predict negative outcomes at 12 months after enrollment.
We aim to (1) compare the performance of frailty measures [5-item scale of fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illnesses, and loss of weight) (FRAIL), Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), and Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)] in identifying frailty, using the widely adopted Frailty Index (FI) as "gold standard," and (2) compare their ability to predict negative outcomes among hospitalized older adults.
In addition, there was also a frailty indicator.
