Open AccessSmartphone frailty screening: Development of a quantitative early detection method for the frailty syndrome
Author(s) -
HungJu Chen,
Po Yin Chen,
Chung Lan Kao,
Wen-Hsu Sung
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000409
Subject(s) - medicine , frailty syndrome , population , mann–whitney u test , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , gerontology , frailty index , environmental health
Frailty syndrome in older population generates formidable social cost. The early detection of "prefrail" stage is essential so that interventions could be performed to prevent deterioration. The purpose of this study was to organize appropriate physical performance tests into a computerized early frailty screening platform, called frailty assessment tools (FAT) system, to detect individuals who are in the prefrail stage.