Table 2.

The FSS as applied by Galizia et al.⁵⁰

Item	Type of measure	Criteria
Visual function	Self-report	Could not recognize a friend across the street.
Hearing function	Self-report	Need people to raise their voices to hear and understand them.
Mobility	Self-report	Having great difficulty or being unable to walk around the house, walk outside, climb stairs or walk half a mile.
Urinary function	Self-report	Total incontinence
Cognitive function	MMSE	A score less than 24
Disability	BADL	Need assistance with at least one BADL
Social support	Social support scale used in an elderly population (Mazella et al. 2010).	A score of 13–17

BADL: basic activities of daily living; MMSE: mini mental state examination; FSS: frailty staging system.