Comparison of geriatric assessment tools for frailty among community elderly

• DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04797
• Publication Date: 2020-09-14T02:53:32Z
• Authors: Naparat Sukkriang; Chuchard Punsawad
• Keywords: H1-99; Public health; Science (General); Geriatric assessment; 3. Good health; Social sciences (General); Q1-390; 03 medical and health sciences; Elderly; 0302 clinical medicine; Health promotion; Internal medicine; Diagnostics; Research Article

Frailty is an important condition in elderly individuals because it increases disability, morbidity, and mortality. The definition frailty from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) criteria used worldwide defined as fulfilling 3 out of 5 phenotypic that indicate compromised energetics: weakness, slowness, low level physical activity, self-reported exhaustion, unintentional weight loss.This research aims to study validity screening methods, e.g., Clinical Scale, simple FRAIL questionnaire, PRISMA-7 Time Up Go Test (TUG), Gérontopôle tool (GFST), compare those results with by using CHS for frailty.We conducted a cross-sectional study. sample was 214 individuals, aged ≥60 years, living community. We tests Fried phenotype (CHS criteria) reference standard. Analysis sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, LR+, LR-, accuracy each compared criteria).The prevalence community 11.7% when criteria). Scale has sensitivity 56%, specificity 98.41%, PPV 82.35%, NPV 94.42%, LR+ 35.28, LR- 0.45, 93.46%. questionnaire 88%, 85.71%, 44.90%, 98.18%, 6.61, 0.14, 85.98%. 76%, 86.24%, 42.22%, 96.45%, 5.52, 0.28, 85.05%. TUG 72%, 82.54%, 35.29%, 95.71%, 4.12, 0.34, 81.31%. GFST 83.56%, 41.51%, 98.14%, 5.37, 84.11%.The have highest criteria. All this more than 80%