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Frailty Index (FI) = (number of health deficits present) ÷ (number of health deficits measured) For example, a person with 20 of 40 deficits collected has an FI score of 20/40 = 0.5; whilst for someone with 10 deficits, the FI score is 10/40 = 0.25. The FI takes advantage of the high redundancy in the human organism.
The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a scale used to assess frailty which was evolved from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging. It is a 9-point scale used to assess a persons frailty level, where a score of 1 point would mean a person is very fit and robust, to a score of 9 points meaning the person is severely frail and terminally ill. [14]
Frailty is a clinical state of increased vulnerability and the decline of organ systems due to the aging processes [2] and external factors. It is related to morbidity and mortality. [3] There are many criteria using to detect frailty, such as the frailty phenotype, [4] frailty index, [5] or clinical frailty scale. [6]
A healthy person scores 0; a very frail person scores 5. Compared to non-frail elderly people, people with moderate frailty scores (2 or 3) are twice as likely to have post-surgical complications, spend 50% more time in the hospital, and are three times as likely to be discharged to a skilled nursing facility instead of to their own homes. [22]
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