Validation and Screening Capacity of the European Portuguese Version of the SUNFRAIL Tool for Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Early detection of frailty may prevent or delay adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. In Portugal, there are currently no valid multidimensional frailty screening tools. SUNFRAIL is a user-friendly multidimensional tool for frailty screening that can be used in primary care. Ai...
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doaj-201285fc47ca480ebc61e6c8d8806b9c2021-02-04T00:02:37ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-02-01181394139410.3390/ijerph18041394Validation and Screening Capacity of the European Portuguese Version of the SUNFRAIL Tool for Community-Dwelling Older AdultsAna Filipa Cardoso0Elzbieta Bobrowicz-Campos1Luísa Teixeira-Santos2Daniela Cardoso3Filipa Couto4João Apóstolo5Health Sciences Research Unit, Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, Portugal Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, 3004-011 Coimbra, PortugalCentre of 20th Century Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3000-115 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit, Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, 3004-011 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit, Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, Portugal Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, 3004-011 Coimbra, PortugalAlfena Hospital—Trofa Health Group, Health Sciences Research Unit, Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, 3000-232 Coimbra, PortugalHealth Sciences Research Unit, Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, Portugal Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, 3004-011 Coimbra, PortugalEarly detection of frailty may prevent or delay adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. In Portugal, there are currently no valid multidimensional frailty screening tools. SUNFRAIL is a user-friendly multidimensional tool for frailty screening that can be used in primary care. Aims: (i) to determine the validity and reliability of the European Portuguese version of the SUNFRAIL tool for use in community-dwelling older adults; (ii) to assess the screening capacity of this version of SUNFRAIL using Fried’s phenotypic model criteria for frailty as a reference test. Methods: Cross-sectional pilot study in a convenience sample of 128 community-dwelling older adults. Objective and subjective data were collected. Internal consistency, concurrent validity, sensitivity, and specificity (ROC curve analysis) were examined. Results: Internal consistency was low. Significant moderate to strong correlations were found between different domains and the total score. The differences between robust, pre-frail, and frail older adults were significant. SUNFRAIL was also correlated with multimorbidity. Sensitivity and specificity were satisfactory. Conclusions: The European Portuguese version of the SUNFRAIL tool is a promising frailty screening tool for community-dwelling older adults to be routinely used in clinical practice. However, more consistent results on its validity and reliability are needed to be used nationwide.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/4/1394SUNFRAILpsychometric propertiesscreening toolfrailtyolder adults |
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Ana Filipa Cardoso Elzbieta Bobrowicz-Campos Luísa Teixeira-Santos Daniela Cardoso Filipa Couto João Apóstolo Validation and Screening Capacity of the European Portuguese Version of the SUNFRAIL Tool for Community-Dwelling Older Adults International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health SUNFRAIL psychometric properties screening tool frailty older adults |
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Ana Filipa Cardoso Elzbieta Bobrowicz-Campos Luísa Teixeira-Santos Daniela Cardoso Filipa Couto João Apóstolo |
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Validation and Screening Capacity of the European Portuguese Version of the SUNFRAIL Tool for Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
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Validation and Screening Capacity of the European Portuguese Version of the SUNFRAIL Tool for Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
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Validation and Screening Capacity of the European Portuguese Version of the SUNFRAIL Tool for Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
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Validation and Screening Capacity of the European Portuguese Version of the SUNFRAIL Tool for Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
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Validation and Screening Capacity of the European Portuguese Version of the SUNFRAIL Tool for Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
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validation and screening capacity of the european portuguese version of the sunfrail tool for community-dwelling older adults |
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Early detection of frailty may prevent or delay adverse health outcomes in community-dwelling older adults. In Portugal, there are currently no valid multidimensional frailty screening tools. SUNFRAIL is a user-friendly multidimensional tool for frailty screening that can be used in primary care. Aims: (i) to determine the validity and reliability of the European Portuguese version of the SUNFRAIL tool for use in community-dwelling older adults; (ii) to assess the screening capacity of this version of SUNFRAIL using Fried’s phenotypic model criteria for frailty as a reference test. Methods: Cross-sectional pilot study in a convenience sample of 128 community-dwelling older adults. Objective and subjective data were collected. Internal consistency, concurrent validity, sensitivity, and specificity (ROC curve analysis) were examined. Results: Internal consistency was low. Significant moderate to strong correlations were found between different domains and the total score. The differences between robust, pre-frail, and frail older adults were significant. SUNFRAIL was also correlated with multimorbidity. Sensitivity and specificity were satisfactory. Conclusions: The European Portuguese version of the SUNFRAIL tool is a promising frailty screening tool for community-dwelling older adults to be routinely used in clinical practice. However, more consistent results on its validity and reliability are needed to be used nationwide. |
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SUNFRAIL psychometric properties screening tool frailty older adults |
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