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Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter

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Problems with <strong>frailty</strong> rating scales<br />

• Frailty is dynamic<br />

– Reliability<br />

• Replicability<br />

• Limited in scope<br />

• Limited clinical acceptance<br />

• BUT, CHS scale has been used in<br />

biological studies<br />

• No interventional studies as yet1 • No interventional studies as yet<br />

1. Fairhall N, Aggar C, Kurrle SE, et al. Frailty Intervention Trial (FIT). BMC Geriatrics 2008;8:27.

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