TY - JOUR
T1 - Are Performance Measures Necessary to Predict Loss of Independence in Elderly People?
AU - Pedone, Claudio
AU - Costanzo, Luisa
AU - Cesari, Matteo
AU - Bandinelli, Stefania
AU - Ferrucci, Luigi
AU - Antonelli Incalzi, Raffaele
PY - 2015/7/15
Y1 - 2015/7/15
N2 - Background. The frailty phenotype (FP) proposed by Fried and colleagues (Fried LP, Tangen CM, Walston J, et al.; Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001;56:M146-M156.) requires the administration of performance tests (gait speed, handgrip strength) not always feasible in routine clinical practice. Furthermore, the discriminative capacity of the instrument has been rarely investigated. Aim of this study was to evaluate the discriminative capacity of the FP and compare it with a modified version including only anamnestic information. Methods. Data are from 890 participants of the InCHIANTI study without impairment in activities of daily living (ADL) at baseline (mean age 74 years, women 55%). Frailty was defined by (a) the presence of ≥3 criteria of the FP, and (b) having ≥2 criteria of an anamnestic FP (AFP), not including gait speed and handgrip strength. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV) were used to evaluate the discriminative capacity of both definitions for incident disability (ie, loss of at least one ADL), incidence of "accelerated" disability (loss of >2 ADL) over a 6-year follow-up, and 5-years mortality. Results. FP and AFP yielded a frailty prevalence of 6.4% and 6.5%, respectively; only 32 patients were considered frail by both indices (kappa:. 53). For incident disability, FP showed sensitivity =. 194, specificity =. 963, PPV =. 400, and NPV =. 903. Similarly, AFP had sensitivity =. 129, specificity =. 949, PPV =. 245, and NPV =. 894. Consistent results were found for accelerated disability and mortality. Conclusions. In our sample, both FP and AFP showed low sensitivity in identifying older people who would die or develop disability, but they could well discriminate people who would not experience adverse outcomes.
AB - Background. The frailty phenotype (FP) proposed by Fried and colleagues (Fried LP, Tangen CM, Walston J, et al.; Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2001;56:M146-M156.) requires the administration of performance tests (gait speed, handgrip strength) not always feasible in routine clinical practice. Furthermore, the discriminative capacity of the instrument has been rarely investigated. Aim of this study was to evaluate the discriminative capacity of the FP and compare it with a modified version including only anamnestic information. Methods. Data are from 890 participants of the InCHIANTI study without impairment in activities of daily living (ADL) at baseline (mean age 74 years, women 55%). Frailty was defined by (a) the presence of ≥3 criteria of the FP, and (b) having ≥2 criteria of an anamnestic FP (AFP), not including gait speed and handgrip strength. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV) were used to evaluate the discriminative capacity of both definitions for incident disability (ie, loss of at least one ADL), incidence of "accelerated" disability (loss of >2 ADL) over a 6-year follow-up, and 5-years mortality. Results. FP and AFP yielded a frailty prevalence of 6.4% and 6.5%, respectively; only 32 patients were considered frail by both indices (kappa:. 53). For incident disability, FP showed sensitivity =. 194, specificity =. 963, PPV =. 400, and NPV =. 903. Similarly, AFP had sensitivity =. 129, specificity =. 949, PPV =. 245, and NPV =. 894. Consistent results were found for accelerated disability and mortality. Conclusions. In our sample, both FP and AFP showed low sensitivity in identifying older people who would die or develop disability, but they could well discriminate people who would not experience adverse outcomes.
KW - Disability
KW - Frailty
KW - Mortality
KW - Predictive value
KW - Sensitivity and specificity
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U2 - 10.1093/gerona/glv096
DO - 10.1093/gerona/glv096
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84960540248
SN - 1079-5006
VL - 71
SP - 84
EP - 89
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
IS - 1
ER -