Validity of frailty screening tools in community-dwelling older adults

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00011519

Enrollment

120

Registered

2017-01-20

Start date

2016-10-11

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

frailty in community-dwelling older adults R54

Interventions

Group 1: Criterion validity: All participants will be examined with the index tests. Measures of mobility: De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Timed Up And

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Community-dwelling older adults visiting an outpatient physiotherapy practice

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Contraindication for mobilization 2. No consent for participation 3. Blindness 4. Deafness 5. German language skills that are not sufficient for comprehension of instructions 6. Insufficient ability to give informed consent (insufficient cognitive and verbal abilities, e.g. severe dementia, severe dysphasia, severe aphasia) 7. Acute infections 8. Acute illness 9. Scheduling difficulties

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The aim of this study is to examine the criterion validity (diagnostic test accuracy) of the following measurement instruments (index tests) as frailty screening tools in community-dwelling older adults: De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Timed Up And Go Test (TUG), Tinetti Test, Gehgeschwindigkeit, Groningen Frailty Indikator (GFI), PRISMA 7 Fragebogen, FRAIL Scale und SHARE-Frailty Instrument (SHARE-FI). Reference-tests (frailty present or absent): Physical Frailty Phenotype (=3 criteria positive) [Fried 2001] and Frailty Index (=0,25) [Mitnitski 2001].	—

Measure

Time frame

The aim of this study is to examine the criterion validity (diagnostic test accuracy) of the following measurement instruments (index tests) as frailty screening tools in community-dwelling older adults: De Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Timed Up And Go Test (TUG), Tinetti Test, Gehgeschwindigkeit, Groningen Frailty Indikator (GFI), PRISMA 7 Fragebogen, FRAIL Scale und SHARE-Frailty Instrument (SHARE-FI). Reference-tests (frailty present or absent): Physical Frailty Phenotype (=3 criteria positive) [Fried 2001] and Frailty Index (=0,25) [Mitnitski 2001].

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactTobias Braun

Hochschule für Gesundheit, Bochum

tobias.braun@hs-gesundheit.de0234 77727 625

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026