ArticleTherapeutic advances in chronic disease2020
Reliability and validity of the self-reported frailty screening questionnaire in older adults.
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- A cross-sectional study of the relationship between community dwelling older adults' self-perceived frailty and their electronic frailty index score.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Poorer performance on physical frailty-related parameters is associated with depression among older rural Indians.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Measuring Frailty Using Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Data: A Feasibility Study in Patients with Multiple Myeloma.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Prevalence of Frailty and Its Standardised Assessment Tools among Malaysian Older Person: A Systematic Review.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Review
- Development and Validation of the Chinese Frailty Screening Scale: A Study among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Shanghai.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Effects of cognitive ageing trajectories on multiple adverse outcomes among Chinese community-dwelling elderly population.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Prevention Admission into Nursing homes (PAN): study protocol for an explorative, prospective longitudinal pilot study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Frailty in China: From Research to Practice.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Review
- A Frailty Screening Questionnaire (FSQ) to Rapidly Predict Negative Health Outcomes of Older Adults in Emergency Care Settings.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundFrailty is one of the most important risk factors for adverse outcomes in older adults. Despite a high prevalence, there is still a lack of frailty screening instruments specific to Chinese older adults. We developed a simple frailty screening questionnaire (FSQ) that could predict long-term mortality. We aimed to explore the reliability and construct validity of this new measurement tool.
methodsA total of 205 individuals aged 65 years or older were recruited in this study. The FSQ and frailty phenotype were assessed. The FSQ included self-reported slowness, weakness, weight loss, inactivity, and exhaustion. A subgroup of 109 participants completed the FSQ a second time 2 weeks later for test-retest reliability. Frailty phenotype included slowness, exhaustion, weight loss, weakness, and inactivity.
resultsThe intraclass correlation coefficient for the FSQ, slowness, weakness, weight loss, inactivity and exhaustion were 0.937, 0.938, 0.934, 0.921, 0.826, and 0.832, respectively. Using a cut-off of 3, the sensitivity, specificity, and area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic were 52.6%, 93.5%, and 0.883 (
conclusionsThe FSQ is a potentially useful, reliable, and valid instrument in screening frailty in older adults, and can be recommended to identify frailty in clinical settings.
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