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This frailty index calculator measures health status in elderly people and vulnerability to adverse outcomes. Home Specialties AllergyAndImmunology Anesthesiology Cardiology Deficiency ViewAll Blog Contact Search Email Password ShowLoginPassword RememberMe Forgotyourpassword? NotaMemberyet?PleaseSignUp! Email FrailtyIndex Measureshealthstatusinelderlypeopleandvulnerabilitytoadverseoutcomes. Seethetextbelowthecalculatorformoreinformationonthefrailtyindex. Purpose Formula Contents TheFrailtyIndex(FI)isdefinedastheproportionofdeficitspresentinanindividualoutofthetotalnumberofage-relatedhealthvariablesconsidered. Clinicianscanopttoconsiderhealthdeficitsthatareroutinelycollectedinhealthassessments,suchassomechronicdiseases,signs,symptoms,laboratoryabnormalities,cognitiveimpairments,anddisabilitiesinactivitiesofdailyliving. FrailtyIndex(FI)=No.ofhealthdeficitspresent/No.ofhealthdeficitsmeasured Forexample,anelderlypatientwith20healthdeficitsoutof50consideredhasaFIscoreof0.4whilstanotherelderlypatientwith10healthdeficitsoutof50considered,hasaFIof0.2. Jumpto: 1.FrailtyIndexCalculator 2.AbouttheFrailtyIndex 3.References No.ofhealthdeficitspresent No.ofhealthdeficitsmeasured   Embed  Print  Share  × Toembedthiscalculator,pleasecopythiscodeandinsertitintoyourdesiredpage: Close Clicktocopy × ToSaveThisCalculatorAsAFavouriteYouMustBeLoggedIn... Creatinganaccountisfreeandtakeslessthan1minute. LogIn SignUp Close OtherTools Feedback HowtoPrint ElderlyMobilityScale(EMS) BergBalanceScale BarthelIndexforActivitiesofDailyLiving(ADL) MorseFallScale SendUsYourFeedback Byusingthisformyouagreewiththestorageandhandlingofyourdatabythiswebsite.ReadourPrivacyPolicy Stepsonhowtoprintyourinput&results: 1.Fillinthecalculator/toolwithyourvaluesand/oryouranswerchoicesandpressCalculate. 2.ThenyoucanclickonthePrintbuttontoopenaPDFinaseparatewindowwiththeinputsandresults.YoucanfurthersavethePDForprintit. PleasenotethatonceyouhaveclosedthePDFyouneedtoclickontheCalculatebuttonbeforeyoutryopeningitagain,otherwisetheinputand/orresultsmaynotappearinthepdf.   AbouttheFrailtyIndex TheFI(developedbyRockwood,Mitnitskietal)canbeusedinresearchandhealthsettingsasameasureofhealthstatusofolderindividualsas: Proxymeasureofaging; Predictorofrisk/vulnerabilitytopooroutcomes. TheFrailtyIndexisdefinedastheproportionofdeficitspresentinanindividualoutofthetotalnumberofage-relatedhealthvariablesconsidered. FIScore=Numberofhealthdeficitspresent/Numberofhealthdeficitsmeasured Forexample,anelderlypatientwith20healthdeficitsoutof50consideredhasaFIof0.4whilstanotherelderlypatientwith10healthdeficitsoutof50considered,hasaFIof0.2. AFrailtyIndexcanbecreatedbyutilizinghealthdeficitsthatareroutinelycollectedinhealthassessments,suchaschronicdiseases,symptomsandsigns,laboratory,imagingandechocardiographicabnormalities,exampleofcognitiveimpairmentsordisabilitiesinADLs(activitiesofdailyliving). Thereisastandardprocedureforcreatingafrailtyindex(pleasestudylinkedinthereferencesbelow)thatstartsfromsolvingtheneedtooperationalizefrailty(definedasincreasedvulnerabilitytoadverseoutcomes). Acrossseveralfrailtyindexmeasuresandstudies,peoplewerefoundtoaccumulatedeficits,onaverage,atabout0.03/yearandthefrailerthepersonwas(thehigherthedeficitcount)themorevulnerabletheywerefoundtoadverseoutcomes. Estimateswerefoundtobemorestableandwithsufficientaccuracyforpredictingadverseoutcomeswhenatleast30-40healthdeficitswereconsidered. TheFIshowsaconsistent,sub-maximallimitatabout2/3ofthedeficitsthatareconsidered.Forexample,ifafrailtyindexiscomposedof30items,themostthatanyonewillhavewrongwiththemisnot30,but20. Variablescanbeincludedinafrailtyindexiftheysatisfythefollowing5criteria: Deficitsmustbeassociatedwithhealthstatus(forexample,notbejustagerelated); Adeficit'sprevalencemustgenerallyincreasewithage(althoughtheremaybeexceptions); Thechosendeficitsmustnotsaturatetooearly(forexamplepresbyopiaandage-relatedlenschangesoccurnearlyuniversallybyage55sosaturatetooearly); Chosendeficitsmustcoverarangeofsystems(forexample,notjustcognitiveimpairmentitems); Deficitsmustbethesamefromoneiterationtotheotheroftheindex,ifusedseriallyonthesamepeople.   References SearleSD,MitnitskiA,GahbauerEA,GillTM,RockwoodK.Astandardprocedureforcreatingafrailtyindex.(2008)BMCGeriatrics.8(1):24. PeñaFG,TheouO,WallaceL,BrothersTD,GillTM,GahbauerEA,KirklandS,MitnitskiA,RockwoodK.Comparisonofalternatescoringofvariablesontheperformanceofthefrailtyindex.BMCGeriatr.2014;14:25. Specialty: Geriatrics Objective: Assessment Type: Index No.OfVariables: 2 YearOfStudy: 2014 Abbreviation: FI ArticleBy: DeniseNedea PublishedOn: April28,2020·12:00AM LastChecked: April28,2020 NextReview: April28,2025 Browsespecialties AllergyAndImmunology Anesthesiology Cardiology Deficiency Dermatology Disability Emergency Endocrinology Epidemiology Fitness ViewAll BecomeAMember Saveyourfavourites! Getlatestmedicalcalculators! SignUp JoinUs/SocialMedia × GetThisToolEmbeddedIntoYourWebsite forjust$20/Year  Thetoolwillbeaddfree;  Thereisnoresourcelimitation,asifthetoolwashostedonyoursite,soallyouruserscanmakeuseofit24/7;  Thenecessarytoolupdateswilltakeplaceinrealtimewithnoeffortonyourend;  Asingleclickinstalltoembeditintoyourpages,wheneveryouneedtouseit. 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