Frailty criteria | Assessment | Score | Points | |||
Shrinkage | Ask the patient: Have you unintentionally lost ≥10 lbs in the past year? Yes / No | If Yes, add 1 point | ||||
Weakness (grip strength) |
Trial 1: ________ kg force Trial 2: ________ kg force Trial 3: ________ kg force Average: ________ kg force | Compare patient's average with the lowest 20th percentile by gender and BMI shown below: | ||||
Men | Women | |||||
BMI | Kg force | BMI | Kg force | |||
≤24 | ≤29 | ≤23 | ≤17 | |||
24.1 to 26 | ≤30 | 23.1 to 26 | ≤17.3 | |||
26.1 to 28 | ≤31 | 26.1 to 29 | ≤18 | |||
>28 | ≤32 | >29 | ≤21 | |||
Add 1 point if the average falls within or below the above values | ||||||
Exhaustion | Ask the patient the following two questions:
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
Rarely or none of the time (<1 day) | Some or a little of the time (1 to 2 days) | Moderate amount of the time (3 to 4 days) | Most of the time (>4 days) | |||
Add 1 point for a score of 2 or 3 for EITHER question | ||||||
Low physical activity | Ask the patient the following four questions:
| Add 1 point for any No answer | ||||
Slowness |
Trial: ________ seconds | |||||
Men | Women | |||||
Height | Time | Height | Time | |||
≤173 cm | ≥7 seconds | ≤159 cm | ≥7 seconds | |||
>173 cm | ≥6 seconds | >159 cm | ≥6 seconds | |||
Add 1 point if the trial time falls higher than the above values | ||||||
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