Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter
Leicester Medical School Understanding frailty - Kavli Senter
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.