The SHARE Frailty Instrument for primary care predicts mortality similarly to a frailty index based on comprehensive geriatric assessment

摘要

Aimfrailty is an emerging concept in primary care, which potentially can provide healthcare commissioners with a clinical focus for targeting resources at an ageing population. However, primary care practitioners need valid instruments that are easy to use. With that purpose in mind, we created a Frailty Instrument (FIt) for primary care based on the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The aim of the present study was to compare the mortality prediction of the 5-item SHARE-FIt with that of a 40-item Frailty Index (FIx) based on comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA).