Open AccessAssessing Frailty with the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI): A Review of Reliability and Validity
Author(s) -
Robbert Gobbens,
Izabella Uchmanowicz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s298191
Subject(s) - medicine , cinahl , reliability (semiconductor) , gerontology , quality of life (healthcare) , construct validity , population , inclusion (mineral) , medline , criterion validity , validity , psychometrics , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , environmental health , nursing , psychological intervention , social psychology , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
The Tilburg Frailty Instrument (TFI) is an instrument for assessing frailty in community-dwelling older people. Since its development, many studies have been carried out examining the psychometric properties. The aim of this study was to provide a review of the main findings with regard to the reliability and validity of the TFI.