title: [Application of frailty index for comprehensive geriatric assessment in the elderly in China].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the suitability of frailty index for comprehensive geriatric assessment(FI-CGA)in the elderly in China, and evaluate the application of FI-CGA in China.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comprehensive geriatric assessment was conducted among 118 old adults receiving health examination, and frailty index was calculated. Clinical frailty scale(CFS)was also used to evaluate the frail status of the old adults. The correlation between FI-CGA value and CFS level of the old adults was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean value of FI-CGA was 0.19 ± 0.07, and the average level of CFS was 3.11 ± 1.46. Women had higher mean value of FI-CGA and higher CFS level than men(FI-CGA= 0.20 ± 0.02 for women, 0.19 ± 0.07 for men; CFS =3.40 ± 0.55 for women, 3.10 ± 1.48 for men), but the differences had no significance(t=0.270, 0.452, P=0.788, 0.652). The FI-CGA value and CFS level increased with age(F=10.437, 5.651, P=0.000, 0.001); and there was a positive correlation between FI-CGA value and CFS level(r=0.615, P=0.000).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FI-CGA is an effective model for the quantitative evaluation of the frail status of the elderly, and can be used in the clinical practice of geriatric medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: B Y
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002681:China; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests