השוואת שיטות

	מדד פגיעות אדמונטון (Edmonton Frail Scale)	הערכת מרחב-חיים
תחום	גרונטולוגיה	גרונטולוגיה
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	2006	2003
הוגה השיטה	Darryl B. Rolfson	Pamela S. Baker
סוג	Clinician-administered assessment	Interview-based assessment of activity range
מקור מכונן	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.	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.
כינויים	EFS, Edmonton Frailty Scale	LSA, Life Space Assessment
קשורות	5	5
תקציר	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.	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.