Purpose : Assessment of presence of frailty

 

Admin time :  5 min.

User Friendly :  High

Administered by : GP or nurse

 

Content : 7 questions, where 3 or more positive answers is indicative of frailty

 

Author :  Raiche M, 2006

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Copyright : free to use

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Trade Mark : The Program on Research for Integrating Services for the Maintenance of Autonomy (PRISMA) was developed by researchers from the Research Centre on Aging at the Université de Sherbrooke led by Réjean Hébert, and the Geriatric Research Unit from the Université Laval led by André Tourigny, both in Québec, Canada.

For more information, visit the website

PRISMA-7

 

Advantages:

• free to use

• brief

• simple

• valid

• accurate and reliable

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Disadvantages: 

• ​risk of (selective) non-response

 

Accuracy : 

sensitivity 76,0 % and specificity between 86.2 % and 100% (Sukkriang N, 2020)