Table 1.

Screening instruments used in comprehensive geriatric assessment about elderly patients.

Dimension	Contents	Common single measurement tool	Common comprehensive tool
Overall functional status
Physical health	Reserves and endurance	FRI (Frailty Risk Index) [11];	OARS (older American resources and services) [30] CARE (Comprehensive Assessment and Referral Evaluation) [31] PGCMAI (Philadelphia Geriatric Centre Multilevel Assessment Instrument) [32] LEIPAD [33] WHOQOLBREF (the World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF)
		Fried frailty instrument [34];
		Gill frailty instrument [34]
	Situation of disease	General questionnaire
	Comorbidities and the severity	CIRS-G (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics);
		CCI (Commodity Channel Index)
Activities of daily living	Physical living activity status	General questionnaire
	Physiological activities of daily living (ADL)	ADL Index:
		Barthel's Index Rating Scale, Katz ADL [14–16];
		PULSES; revised Kenny Score
	Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL)	IADL Index:
		FAQ (Function Activity Questionnaire);
		RDRS (Rapid Disability Rating Scale)
	Balance and fall risk	BBS (Berg Balance Scale) [19, 20];
		TUGT (Timed Up and Go Test) [22];
		Tinetti Gait and Balance Test [23];
		FRASE (Fall Risk Assessment Scale for the Elderly) [24];
		STRATIFY (St. Thomas's Risk Assessment Tool) [24];
		FRI (Fall Risk Index) [25]; FAT (Fall Assessment Tool) [35];
		MFS (Morse Fall Scale) [36]; Hendrich II Fall Risk Model [37]
		Other tools: One-Leg Balance Test, Physical Performance Test, and Multidirectional Reach Test
Mental and psychological condition	Cognitive function	MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination) [38];
		MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) [39–43];
		IQCODE (Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly) [44]; CDT (simple clock drawing test)
	Depression	GDS (Geriatric Depression Scale) [45, 46];
		GDS-5 (short version 5-item GDS) [47];
		CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) [48];
		HRSD (Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression) [49]
	Anxiety	GAI (Geriatric Anxiety Inventory) [50];
		GAS (Geriatric Anxiety Scale) [51];
		GAI-SF (short form of GAI) [52];
		DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) [53]
Nutritional status	Evaluation of malnutrition	SGA (Subjective Global Assessment) [54];
		MNA (Mini-Nutritional Assessment) [55, 56];
		MNA-SF (short-form Mini-Nutritional Assessment) [57];
		GNRI (Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index) [58];
		NRS-2002 (Nutrition Risk Screening 2002) [59]
Social health	Demand of social support	General questionnaire
Economic and environmental condition conditions	Economic conditions and medical resources;	General questionnaire
	home security
	transport and communications