Comparison of German-language screening instruments for frailty syndrome with the Edmonton Frail Scale – Acute Care – according to the quality criteria of a gold standard

Comparison of German-language screening instruments for frailty syndrome with the Edmonton Frail Scale – Acute Care – according to the quality criteria of a gold standard - Gold-GIF: Goldstandard of German-language screening instruments for frailty syndrome

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00035395

Enrollment

180

Registered

2025-02-13

Start date

2024-11-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

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Conditions

R54

Interventions

Group 1: Patients >/= 70 years before a planned surgical procedure or intervention with anesthesiological supervision The survey takes place during the stay in the premedication outpatient clinic. For

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

70 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: planned surgical procedure/intervention with anesthesia procedure/accompaniment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ? insufficient knowledge of German with severely impaired communication ? blindness, severe visual impairment, very severe hearing impairment ? very urgent indication for surgery (within 0 - 6 hours, N0 - N2) ? lack of written consent to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Consens of frailty status of the frailty measurement instruments (Frail Scale, LUCAS functional index, Tilburg Frailty Indicator, Clinical Frailty Scale, Groningen Frailty Indicator, Fried's Frailty Score, PRISMA-7) with the frailty status assessed according to the Edmonton Frail Scale (criterion validity)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Consens of the status of cognition, depression, polypharmacy, mobility, functionality, quality of life, health, incontinence, nutritional status with the frailty status (construct validity) Assessment of clinical applicability (duration of survey, need for training, material costs) Consens of the measurement results of the frailty surveys of two examiners (interrater reliability)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMareike Otto

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck

mareike.otto@uksh.de+4945150078540

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026