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Table 3 Ranking of the most commonly used measures by discipline

From: What do we know about frailty in the acute care setting? A scoping review

Ranked

All

Geriatrics (n = 29)

Emergency Department (n = 29)

General Medicine (n = 22)

Cardiology (n = 20)

Orthopedics (n = 11)

Intensive Care Unit (n = 9)

Oncology (n = 6)

Surgery (n = 5)

Prehospital (n = 2)

General Medicine & Surgery (n = 18)

General Medicine & Geriatrics (n = 7)

Geriatrics & Oncology (n = 2)

1

Clinical Frailty Scale (12%), Frailty Phenotype (12%), Frailty Index (12%)

Clinical Frailty Scale (17%)

Frailty Index (21%)

Clinical Frailty Scale (17%), Frailty Phenotype (17%), Frailty Index (17%)

Frailty Phenotype (25%)

Frailty Index (22%)

Clinical Frailty Scale (60%)

Balducci Criteria (50%)

Frailty Phenotype (20%)

Frailty Index (50%)

GEM Criteriaa (67%)

Winograd Index (57%)

Balducci Criteria (50%)

2

Identification of Seniors at Risk (11%)

Clinical Frailty Scale (12%), Frailty Phenotype (12%)

Clinical Frailty Scale (13%)

Frailty Phenotype (6%), Edmonton Frailty Scale (6%), Identification of Seniors at Risk (6%), Grip Strength (6%)

Frailty Phenotype (20%)

Short Physical Performance Battery (17%)

Frailty Index (10%), Groningen (10%), Balducci Criteria (10%), Rockwood Geriatric Frailty Status (10%), Vulnerable Elders Survey (10%)

N/A

N/A

Frailty Index (14%), Frailty Phenotype (14%)

N/A

3

Frailty Index (9%)

Edmonton Frailty Scale (8%), Tilburg Frailty Indicator (8%)

Frailty Index (10%)

N/A

4

Identification of Seniors at Risk (5%), GEM Criteriaa (5%)

Frailty Phenotype (6%), Study of Osteoporotic Fracture Index (6%), Rockwood Geriatric Frailty Status (6%), Multidimensional Prognosis Index (6%), Grip Strength (6%)

Identification of Seniors at Risk (9%), Vulnerable Elders Survey (9%)

Edmonton Frailty Scale (8%), Identification of Seniors at Risk (8%)

N/A

N/A

5

Frailty Index (4%), Rockwood Geriatric Frailty Status (4%), FRAIL scale (4%), Identification of Seniors At Risk (4%)

  1. We only stratified by disciplines that have been included in at least 2 articles
  2. N/A not applicable
  3. aThe Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) drug study criterion was meeting at least 2 of the following 10 criteria: dependence in at least one activity of daily living, stroke within 3 months, previous falls, difficulty ambulating, malnutrition, dementia, depression, unplanned admission in the last 3 months, prolonged bed rest, or incontinence