Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Τηλεφωνική Συνέντευξη για τη Γνωστική Κατάσταση	Κλίμακα Ενδεικτών Εύθραυστου Τρόπου Ζωής του Έντμοντον
Πεδίο	Γεροντολογία	Γεροντολογία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1988	2006
Δημιουργός	J.C. Breitner	Darryl B. Rolfson
Τύπος	Telephone-administered cognitive interview	Clinician-administered assessment
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Breitner, J. C., Folstein, M. F., & Murphy, E. A. (1989). Familial aggregation in Alzheimer dementia: comparison of risk estimates. Genet Epidemiol, 6(1), 35-45.	Rolfson, D. B., Majumdar, S. R., Tsuyuki, R. T., Tahir, A., & Srivastava, S. (2006). Validity and reliability of the Edmonton Frail Scale. Age Ageing, 35(5), 526-529.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	TICS, TICS-m, Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status	EFS, Edmonton Frailty Scale
Συναφείς	5	5
Σύνοψη	The Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) is a telephone-administered cognitive screening instrument developed by Breitner and colleagues in the late 1980s and modified (TICS-m) to assess cognitive function in older adults via remote interview. Designed for epidemiological studies and clinical research where in-person assessment is impractical or resource-intensive, the TICS combines questions assessing orientation, attention, language, memory, and reasoning in a format suitable for administration by trained interviewers without specialized clinical equipment. It has become widely used in longitudinal cohort studies, clinical trials, and telemedicine settings for cognitive screening and monitoring.	The Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) is a comprehensive, nine-domain assessment tool developed by Rolfson and colleagues in 2006 to systematically evaluate frailty across multiple physiological and functional dimensions in older adults. Combining clinical judgment with objective testing, the EFS assesses cognition, general health status, functional independence, social support, medication use, nutrition, mood, continence, and functional performance, providing a multidimensional frailty profile. It is widely used in geriatric clinics, acute care settings, and research to characterize the nature and severity of frailty.