Table 1 Web-based frailty assessments
Web-based Frailty Assessment Tool | Yeara | Provided byb | Purpose of Toolc | Website URLd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Edmonton Frail Scale | 2015 | QxMD, USA | “A simple tool to assess frailty in older patients” | https://qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_595/edmonton-frail-scale |
Myeloma Frailty Score Calculator | 2015e | International Myeloma Working Group, collaborative effort involving USA, Canada, and European countries | “Predicts mortality and the risk of toxicity in elderly myeloma patients” | |
Johns Hopkins Frailty Assessment Calculator | 2016 | Johns Hopkins, USA | “A standardized, evidenced-based method to assess frailty across clinical and research settings” | |
G8 Health Status Screening Tool | 2017f | Evidencio, Netherlands | “Identifies elderly cancer patients who would benefit from comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)” | |
Liver Frailty Index | 2017e | University of California San Francisco, USA | “A tool specifically developed to objectively measure physical function in patients with cirrhosis” | |
QFrailty Risk Calculator | 2017 | ClinRisk Ltd., England | “Works out your risk of developing Frailty” | |
Frailty Risk Calculator | 2018e | SmartData, University of Bologna, Italy | “Evaluates the probability of being either hospitalized or dying within next year for over 65 population living in Bologna” | |
Senior Health Calculator | 2018 | Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA | “Collects items of a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) to calculate a frailty index (FI)” | https://www.bidmc.org/research/research-by-department/medicine/gerontology/calculator |
Modified Frailty Index | 2019f | Evidencio, Netherlands | “Evaluates risk of both morbidity and mortality in general surgery patients older than 60 years” | |
MDS Specific Frailty Index | 2020 | QxMD, USA | “Frailty scale specific to those patients with myelodysplastic syndrome that improves prognostication.” | https://qxmd.com/calculate/calculator_696/mds-specific-frailty-scale |
CIRS-G | Not available from the original source | MDCalc, USA | “Quantifies the burden of disease in elderly patients (comorbidity scale)” | https://www.mdcalc.com/cumulative-illness-rating-scale-geriatric-cirs-g#use-cases |
Frailty Group Calculator | 2021 | University of Oslo, Norway | “The frailty score (1 to 20) is calculated by multiplication of the weighted scores for… four geriatric assessment variables” |