title: Reproducibility of the Brazilian version of the Edmonton Frail Scale for elderly living in the community.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to verify the inter and intra-rater reproducibility of the Brazilian adapted version of the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) in an elderly group of residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  in order to test the inter-rater reproducibility, two assessments were independently conducted by two researchers on the same day but at different times, in a sample of 103 elderly. Concerning the intra-rater reproducibility, the instrument was administered to 83 elderly (80.6% of the initial sample) by the same researcher in a time gap of 15 days between the two assessments.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  in relation to the inter-rater test, the Kappa was 0.81 (CI 0.61-1.00) and the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) corresponded to 0.87 (CI 0.82-0.91, p<0.001). In relation to the intra-rater test, the Kappa was 0.83 (CI 0.72-0.94) and the ICC 0.87 (CI 0.81-1.00, p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the results show that the EFS is reliable and can be used as a tool to improve geriatric nursing care in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Suzele Cristina Coelho
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Fabrício-Wehbe
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto AlegreRS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Idiane Rosset
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, UberabaMG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vanderlei José
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina Aleixo
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Diniz
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosana Aparecida Spadoti
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosalina Aparecida Partezani
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012111:Residence Characteristics