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== Objective  ==
== Objective  ==
Clinical Frailty Scale is commonly used to assess frailty.
Clinical Frailty Scale is used commonly to assess frailty. The clinical Frailty Scale was developed from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, and it provides a summary tool for clinicians to assess frailty and fitness. Initially, it was scored on a scale from 1 (very fit) to 7 (severely frail). It is modified to a 9-point scale to include very severely frail and terminally ill.<ref>Mendiratta P, Latif R. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559009/ Clinical Frailty Scale]. StatPearls [Internet]. 2020 Jun 22.</ref> It evaluates specific domains, including comorbidity, function, and cognition, to generate a frailty score ranging from 1 (very fit) to 9 (terminally ill).<ref>Church S, Rogers E, Rockwood K, Theou O. [https://bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s12877-020-01801-7.pdf A scoping review of the Clinical Frailty Scale]. BMC geriatrics. 2020 Dec;20(1):1-8.</ref><br>
 
The clinical Frailty Scale was developed from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging and it provides a summary tool for clinicians to assess frailty and fitness. Initially, it was scored on a scale from 1 (very fit) to 7 (severely frail), however; now it is modified to a 9-point scale to include very severely frail, and terminally ill as separate entities, which initially were lumped together. The 9-point scale provides a descriptor of a frailty stage. There is a visual chart to assist with the frailty classification. A person with a score ≥of 5 is considered frail.<ref>Mendiratta P, Latif R. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559009/ Clinical Frailty Scale]. StatPearls [Internet]. 2020 Jun 22.</ref>
 
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Clinical Frailty Scale is used commonly to assess frailty. The clinical Frailty Scale was developed from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, and it provides a summary tool for clinicians to assess frailty and fitness. Initially, it was scored on a scale from 1 (very fit) to 7 (severely frail). It is modified to a 9-point scale to include very severely frail and terminally ill.[1] It evaluates specific domains, including comorbidity, function, and cognition, to generate a frailty score ranging from 1 (very fit) to 9 (terminally ill).[2]

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  1. Mendiratta P, Latif R. Clinical Frailty Scale. StatPearls [Internet]. 2020 Jun 22.
  2. Church S, Rogers E, Rockwood K, Theou O. A scoping review of the Clinical Frailty Scale. BMC geriatrics. 2020 Dec;20(1):1-8.