Methoden vergleichen

	Life-Space Assessment	FRAIL Frailty Scale
Fachgebiet	Gerontologie	Gerontologie
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	2003	2012
Urheber	Pamela S. Baker	John E. Morley
Typ	Interview-based assessment of activity range	Clinician-administered questionnaire
Wegweisende Quelle	Baker, P. S., Bodner, E. V., & Allman, R. M. (2003). Measuring life-space mobility in community-dwelling older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc, 51(11), 1610-1614.	Morley, J. E., Vellas, B., van Kan, G. A., et al. (2013). Frailty consensus: a call to action. J Am Med Dir Assoc, 14(6), 392-397.
Aliasnamen	LSA, Life Space Assessment	FRAIL Scale, FRAIL Index
Verwandt	5	5
Zusammenfassung	The Life-Space Assessment (LSA) is an interview-based measure developed by Baker and colleagues in 2003 to evaluate the geographic range and frequency of mobility in community-dwelling older adults. Unlike traditional measures that focus on lower extremity function in controlled settings, the LSA captures the actual areas persons frequent in daily life—from the bedroom to the neighborhood to the larger community—and the frequency and independence with which they access these spaces. It provides a comprehensive portrait of functional mobility in real-world contexts and is a strong predictor of disability, institutionalization, and mortality.	The FRAIL Scale is a brief, five-item clinical screening tool developed by John E. Morley and colleagues to identify frailty in older adults. Designed as a simple and efficient alternative to more comprehensive frailty assessments, it incorporates the key domains of the frailty phenotype: fatigue, resistance, ambulation, illness, and weight loss. The FRAIL Scale is widely used in primary care, hospital, and long-term care settings to stratify risk and guide management decisions.