Validation of the Japanese version of the Clinical Frailty Scale

IF 2.4 4区医学 Q3 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Geriatrics & Gerontology International Pub Date : 2025-02-02 DOI:10.1111/ggi.15092

Hitoshi Komiya, Yusuke Suzuki, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Masaaki Nagae, Hirotaka Nakashima, Chisato Fujisawa, Shuzo Miyahara, Tomihiko Tajima, Tomomichi Sakai, Yasushi Takeya, Taro Kojima, Yumi Umeda-Kameyama, Shuji Kawashima, Hiroyuki Umegaki

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Abstract

Aim

Among the many screening tools developed to detect frailty and disability in older adults, the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a valid, reliable, and easy-to-use tool and has been translated into several languages. The aim of this study was to demonstrate the validity of the Japanese version of the CFS (CFS-J).

Methods

The necessary permissions were obtained from Rockwood and colleagues. The Japanese version was prepared by translation (English to Japanese) and verified by back translation (Japanese to English). Concurrent criterion validity was assessed by evaluating the extent to which CFS relates to the Frailty Index (FI), the Frailty Index based on a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (FI-CGA), and Performance Status (PS), using Kendall's tau.

Results

In total, 223 patients admitted to the geriatric ward of an acute hospital between June 2021 and March 2023 were analyzed in the validation study. Mean age was 84.9 ± 5.9 years (range, 67–101 years), 128 (57.4%) were women, and the mean body mass index was 20.9 ± 4.0 kg/m². In a correlation analysis, significantly positive associations were found between the CFS-J and the FI (r = 0.713, P < 0.001), the FI-CGA (r = 0.691, P < 0.001), and PS (r = 0.669, P < 0.001) for numerical variables. Significant positive associations were also found between the CFS-J and the FI (r = 0.567, P < 0.001) and the FI-CGA (r = 0.591, P < 0.001) for categorical valuables.

Conclusion

The CFS-J was found to be a valid instrument for identifying frailty in Japanese inpatients. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2025; 25: 411–417.

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Geriatrics & Gerontology International 医学-老年医学

CiteScore

5.50

自引率

6.10%

发文量

189

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： Geriatrics & Gerontology International is the official Journal of the Japan Geriatrics Society, reflecting the growing importance of the subject area in developed economies and their particular significance to a country like Japan with a large aging population. Geriatrics & Gerontology International is now an international publication with contributions from around the world and published four times per year.