HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON OF FRAILTY PREVALENCE BY INSTRUMENT IN THE 5 DO-HEALTH COUNTRIES

• DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igx004.4129
• Publication Date: 2017-07-01T03:51:56Z
• Authors: M. Gagesch; P. Chocano-Bedoya; S. Schietzel; O.M. Meyer; R.W. Kressig; B. Vellas; H.A. Bischoff-Fer...
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 16. Peace & justice; 3. Good health

Introduction: Early screening for physical frailty among the growing segment of senior adults may help prevent disability and loss autonomy. However, to date, an internationally accepted operational definition is lacking. Methods: We assessed prevalence in all 2158 community-dwelling DO-HEALTH participants age 70 older (mean 75 years, 62% women) from 5 European countries based on instruments: Fried phenotype, SOF-index, FRAIL-scale, SHARE-frailty criteria index. The are Switzerland (n=1008), Germany (n=350), France (n=300), Austria (n=200), Portugal (n=300). Results: Frailty varied across definitions with highest detected Portuguese (range 3.1 30.3%), lowest Austrian 0 2.5%). For Austria, by instrument was: 0% (Fried, SOF), 1% (FRAIL-Scale) 1.5% (SHARE) 2.5% (SHARE-FI). Switzerland, 0.8% (SOF), 1.2% (Fried), 2% (FRAIL-Scale), 3.8% 4.2% France, 1.1%(Fried), 1.9% 4.5% 5.2% Germany, 0.6% 3.7% 7.4% Portugal, 3.1% 13.1% 15% 22.8% 30.3% Conclusion: Our analysis provides a first insight cohort. Notably, within differ factor 10 depending instrument.