Geriatrics

Clinical Frailty Scale (Rockwood)

Degree of frailty in older adults.

Education and reference only. Not a substitute for clinical judgement, local policy or product labelling. Always verify before clinical use. Values are calculated in your browser and never stored.

When to use

Use to summarise overall fitness/frailty in older adults, e.g. to inform shared decisions about escalation, surgery and critical care.

Why use

It is a simple, validated global measure of frailty that predicts outcomes.

Advice

Use as part of a holistic assessment, not in isolation, and avoid using it alone to make resource-allocation decisions.

Evidence & references

  1. Rockwood K et al. A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people. CMAJ. 2005.

About the creator

Rockwood K et al.

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