Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the Clinical Frailty Scale through correlation with a frailty index.

CONCLUSIONS: The strong correlation of the CFS with a frailty index supports its use. Incorporating comorbidity into the physical function domains of the CFS improved the correlation. However, the CFS was unsuitable in patients with dementia. To infer prognosis, in categories 6 and 7, the situational diagnosis should be extended with more discriminative tools. PMID: 31898172 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research
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