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EFS

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.

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Edmonton Frail Scale
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / gerontology
  • 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. · DOI 10.1093/ageing/afl041
  • Moorhouse, P., & Rockwood, K. (2012). Frailty and its quantification. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 67(7), 712-717. · URL
  • Hilmer, S. N., Perera, V., Mitchell, S., et al. (2009). The assessment of frailty in older persons. Aging Health, 5(3), 417-432. · URL
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