Scaling up frailty: psychometric validation of the functional limitations and geriatric syndromes frailty questionnaire—a new tool for uniformly classifying vulnerable hospital patients
The five functional limitations and 11 geriatric syndromes of the FLIGS-FQ-16 aggregate into a robust single-factor construct with adequate psychometric properties that uniformly measure frailty up to the most severe levels. In addition to serving as a screening tool, the FLIGS-FQ-16 is useful for making individualized decisions and developing personalized treatment plans in perioperative medicine and the management of hospitalised older adults because it is based on treatable risk factors.
Authors
- Giulia Goretti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-2540)
- Giovanna Cerina
- Carla Corsini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2812-0477)
- S Ghirmai
- Stefano Mancin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4988-4391)
- Francesco Reggiani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9254-618X)
- Federico Piccioni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-1891)
- Bruno Bernardini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3932-5462)
- Rosa Pedale
- Riccardo Levi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9030-0071)
- Rodolfo Hurle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-8587)
- Paola Arosio
- Monica Fantacci
- Laura Tabarretti
Institutions
- Humanitas University (IT)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1642562
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.22