Frailty Tool

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Gait Speed Assessment and Calf Circumference

  • Walk Time (# of seconds in 15 feet) (avg 2 trials)

    Assistive device for walking?

     

    If the walk was not done, please indicate reason:

     
  • Calf Circumference (cm):

     

     

Activities of Daily Living and Cognition

  • How much help does the patient need with the following activities?

     

    Bathing:
    Dressing:
    Toileting:
    Transferring:
    Feeding:

    Does the patient have cognitive or neuropsychiatric impairment?

     

Interviewer Administered Questions

  • "Has your walking and movements slowed down recently?"

     
  • "How often have you felt that everything you did was an effort in the last week?"

     
  • "How often did you feel you could not get going in the last week?"

     
  • "During the past year, have you unintentionally lost 10 or more pounds?"

     
  • "How often do you engage in activities which require a low or moderate level of energy such as gardening, cleaning the car, or going for a walk?"

     

Frailty Calculation

References/Citations

Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype. Fried LP, Tangen CM, Walston J, Newman AB, Hirsch C, Gottdiener J, Seeman T, Tracy R, Kop WJ, Burke G, McBurnie MA; Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001 Mar;56(3):M146-56. PMID: 11253156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Related citations

Gait speed as an incremental predictor of mortality and major morbidity in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Afilalo J, Eisenberg MJ, Morin JF, Bergman H, Monette J, Noiseux N, Perrault LP, Alexander KP, Langlois Y, Dendukuri N, Chamoun P, Kasparian G, Robichaud S, Gharacholou SM, Boivin JF. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Nov 9;56(20):1668-76. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.06.039. PMID: 21050978 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

The impact of frailty status on survival after transcatheter aortic valve replacement in older adults with severe aortic stenosis: a single-center experience. Green P, Woglom AE, Genereux P, Daneault B, Paradis JM, Schnell S, Hawkey M, Maurer MS, Kirtane AJ, Kodali S, Moses JW, Leon MB, Smith CR, Williams M. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Sep;5(9):974-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.06.011. PMID: 22995885 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

A self-completed nutrition screening tool for community-dwelling older adults with high reliability: a comparison study. Huhmann MB, Perez V, Alexander DD, Thomas DR. J Nutr Health Aging. 2013 Apr;17(4):339-44. doi: 10.1007/s12603-013-0015-x. PMID: 23538656 [PubMed - in process]

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