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Validity and reliability of the Edmonton Frail Scale
Darryl B. Rolfson, Sumit R. Majumdar, Ross T. Tsuyuki, Adeel Tahir, Kenneth J. Rockwood. Age and Ageing, 2006-06-06
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Most patients came from the community (43% home without help and 42% home with help compared with 14% in assisted living and 1% in a nursing home). The EFS correlated significantly with the GCIF, age and medication count but not with sex (Table 2). Inpatients had higher scores than outpatients (9.9 ± 2.5 versus 6.2 ± 2.5; t = –8.9, P<0.001) and those who lived with assistance had higher scores than those who lived independently (8.1 SD = 2.8 versus 7.0 SD = 2.8; t = –2.29, P = 0.02). In the construct validation sub-samples, the correlation with the Barthel Index was statistically significant (r = –0.58, P = 0.006, n = 21), but the correlation with the MMSE was not (r = –0.05, P = 0.801, n = 30). In this community-based referral sample, the EFS was a valid measure of frailty compared to the clinical impression of geriatric specialists after their more comprehensive assessment. Caution should therefore be exercised in generalising these findings to either an unscreened community population or, conversely, a more narrow research population in whom social support, health attitudes, mood, cognition and functional dependence are potentially much less relevant to the frailty phenotype.
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Rolfson, D. B., Majumdar, S. R., Tsuyuki, R. T., Tahir, A., & Rockwood, K. J. (2006). Validity and reliability of the Edmonton Frail Scale. Age and Ageing. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afl041
Vancouver
Rolfson DB, Majumdar SR, Tsuyuki RT, Tahir A, Rockwood KJ. Validity and reliability of the Edmonton Frail Scale. Age and Ageing. 2006. doi:10.1093/ageing/afl041. PMID: 16757522.
BibTeX
@article{rolfson2006-16757522,
author = {Rolfson, Darryl B. and Majumdar, Sumit R. and Tsuyuki, Ross T. and Tahir, Adeel and Rockwood, Kenneth J.},
title = {{Validity and reliability of the Edmonton Frail Scale}},
journal = {Age and Ageing},
year = {2006},
doi = {10.1093/ageing/afl041},
pmid = {16757522},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afl041}
}
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Key findings
- Most patients came from the community (43% home without help and 42% home with help compared with 14% in assisted living and 1% in a nursing home).
- The EFS correlated significantly with the GCIF, age and medication count but not with sex (Table 2).
- Inpatients had higher scores than outpatients (9.9 ± 2.5 versus 6.2 ± 2.5; t = –8.9, P<0.001) and those who lived with assistance had higher scores than those who lived independently (8.1 SD = 2.8 versus 7.0 SD = 2.8; t = –2.29, P = 0.02).
- In the construct validation sub-samples, the correlation with the Barthel Index was statistically significant (r = –0.58, P = 0.006, n = 21), but the correlation with the MMSE was not (r = –0.05, P = 0.801, n = 30).
- In this community-based referral sample, the EFS was a valid measure of frailty compared to the clinical impression of geriatric specialists after their more comprehensive assessment.
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Study details
- Participants21
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 47/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 27 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 47 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Age and Ageing) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2006 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 1 / 4 | 21 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 16757522) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Points | 27 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 27 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 47 out of 100. |
| Total | 47 / 100 | — |
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