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Validation of the Zulfiqar Frailty Scale (ZFS): A New Tool for General Practitioners

Introduction: The early detection of frailty, a frequent transient state that can be reversible in the elderly and is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, helps prevent complications from it. Objective: To evaluate the performance of the “ZFS” tool to screen for frailty as defined SE...

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Autor principal: Zulfiqar, Abrar-Ahmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34564094
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines8090052
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description Introduction: The early detection of frailty, a frequent transient state that can be reversible in the elderly and is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, helps prevent complications from it. Objective: To evaluate the performance of the “ZFS” tool to screen for frailty as defined SEGA scale criteria in an ambulatory population of patients at least 65 years of age. Methods: A prospective non-interventional study conducted in Alsace for a duration of six months that included patients aged 65 and over, judged to be autonomous with an ADL > 4/6. Results: In this ambulatory population of 102 patients with an average age of 76 years, frailty, according to modified SEGA criteria grid A, had a prevalence of 19.6%. Frailty, according to the “ZFS” tool, had a prevalence of 35.0%, and all of its elements except weight loss were significantly associated with frailty. Its threshold for identifying frailty is three criteria out of six. It was rapid (average completion time: 87 s), had a sensitivity of 100%, and a negative predictive value of 100%. Conclusions: The “ZFS” tool makes it possible to screen for frailty with a high level of sensitivity and a negative predictive value.
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spelling pubmed-84699802021-09-27 Validation of the Zulfiqar Frailty Scale (ZFS): A New Tool for General Practitioners Zulfiqar, Abrar-Ahmad Medicines (Basel) Brief Report Introduction: The early detection of frailty, a frequent transient state that can be reversible in the elderly and is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality, helps prevent complications from it. Objective: To evaluate the performance of the “ZFS” tool to screen for frailty as defined SEGA scale criteria in an ambulatory population of patients at least 65 years of age. Methods: A prospective non-interventional study conducted in Alsace for a duration of six months that included patients aged 65 and over, judged to be autonomous with an ADL > 4/6. Results: In this ambulatory population of 102 patients with an average age of 76 years, frailty, according to modified SEGA criteria grid A, had a prevalence of 19.6%. Frailty, according to the “ZFS” tool, had a prevalence of 35.0%, and all of its elements except weight loss were significantly associated with frailty. Its threshold for identifying frailty is three criteria out of six. It was rapid (average completion time: 87 s), had a sensitivity of 100%, and a negative predictive value of 100%. Conclusions: The “ZFS” tool makes it possible to screen for frailty with a high level of sensitivity and a negative predictive value. MDPI 2021-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8469980/ /pubmed/34564094 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines8090052 Text en © 2021 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_fullStr Validation of the Zulfiqar Frailty Scale (ZFS): A New Tool for General Practitioners
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title_short Validation of the Zulfiqar Frailty Scale (ZFS): A New Tool for General Practitioners
title_sort validation of the zulfiqar frailty scale (zfs): a new tool for general practitioners
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34564094
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines8090052
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