List of Items Included in the Frailty Index

No.	Items
1	IADLs: Unable to visit neighbors by oneself
2	IADLs: Unable to shop by oneself if necessary
3	IADLs: Unable to cook meals by oneself if necessary
4	IADLs: Unable to wash clothing by oneself
5	IADLs: Unable to walk continuously for 1 kilometer
6	IADLs: Unable to lift a weight of 5 kg (such as a heavy bag of groceries)
7	IADLs: Unable to continuously crouch and stand up three times
8	IADLs: Unable to use public transportation
9	Functional limitations: Unable to put hand behind neck
10	Functional limitations: Unable to put hand behind lower back
11	Functional limitations: Unable to raise arm upright
12	Functional limitations: Unable to stand up from sitting in a chair
13	Functional limitations: Unable to pick up a book from the floor
14	ADLs: Needs assistance bathing
15	ADLs: Needs assistance dressing
16	ADLs: Needs assistance toileting
17	ADLs: Needs assistance in indoor transferring
18	ADLs: Needs assistance eating
19	ADLs: Incontinence
20	Cognitively impaired (based on the Mini Mental State Examination)
21	Poor self-rated health
22	Health worsened in the past year
23	Poor interviewer-rated health
24	Hearing loss
25	Vision loss
26	Abnormal heart rhythm
27	Symptom of psychological distress (based on loneliness, usefulness,  and fearfulness)
28	Number of serious illnesses in the past 2 yearsa
29	Suffering from hypertension
30	Suffering from diabetes
31	Suffering from tuberculosis
32	Suffering from heart disease
33	Suffering from stroke/cerebrovascular disease
34	Suffering from bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, or pneumonia
35	Suffering from cancer
36	Suffering from arthritis
37	Suffering from bedsores
38	Suffering from gastric or duodenal ulcers
39	Suffering from Parkinson's disease

Notes: IADLs = instrumental activities of daily living; ADLs = activities of daily.

^aPersons reporting two or more illnesses are assigned a value of 2.