{"title":"Validation of a new frailty scale in primary care: The simplified Zulfiqar frailty scale","authors":"Abrar-Ahmad ZULFIQAR M.D, MSc","doi":"10.1016/j.tma.2021.08.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>Evaluate the ability of the “simplified Zulfiqar frailty scale” (sZFS) tool to detect frailty as defined by Fried's criteria among a group of patients aged 65 and older.</p></div><div><h3><strong>Methods</strong></h3><p>Prospective study conducted in Champagne-Ardennes (France) for 12 months on patients aged 65 and over and considered autonomous in terms of the ADL scale. To be eligible, the patients could not reside in a nursing home and needed an ADL score of 4 or higher.</p></div><div><h3><strong>Results</strong></h3><p>With this tool, the threshold for identifying frailty was≥1 out of 5 criteria. It was quick (average completion time of 110 s) with a sensitivity score of 91.1% and a negative predictive value of 97.1%.</p></div><div><h3><strong>Conclusion</strong></h3><p>The “simplified Zulfiqar frailty scale” tool measures frailty just as effectively as Fried's criteria, with sensitivity and negative predictive values no lower than the latter.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":36555,"journal":{"name":"Translational Medicine of Aging","volume":"5 ","pages":"Pages 39-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.tma.2021.08.001","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Translational Medicine of Aging","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468501121000043","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
Abstract
Purpose
Evaluate the ability of the “simplified Zulfiqar frailty scale” (sZFS) tool to detect frailty as defined by Fried's criteria among a group of patients aged 65 and older.
Methods
Prospective study conducted in Champagne-Ardennes (France) for 12 months on patients aged 65 and over and considered autonomous in terms of the ADL scale. To be eligible, the patients could not reside in a nursing home and needed an ADL score of 4 or higher.
Results
With this tool, the threshold for identifying frailty was≥1 out of 5 criteria. It was quick (average completion time of 110 s) with a sensitivity score of 91.1% and a negative predictive value of 97.1%.
Conclusion
The “simplified Zulfiqar frailty scale” tool measures frailty just as effectively as Fried's criteria, with sensitivity and negative predictive values no lower than the latter.
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号
