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. 2023 Feb 15:1–7. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.14283/jfa.2023.11

Table 2.

Fried frailty phenotype

Items Questions Answers Score
Weight loss In the past two years, have you lost 5% or more of your usual weight?
Exhaustion How often over the last week, you felt that everything you did was an effort, or you could not get going*: — often (more than 3 times a week) or most of the time? Yes 1
No 0
Low physical activity level What is your physical activity level? No physical activity or rather sedentary: short walks or physical activities of light intensity? Yes 1
No 0
Muscle weakness Dominant hand grip strength measurement in kilograms using a calibrated hydraulic hand dynamometer (Jamar Hand Dynamometer), categorizations were stratified by sex (≤ 29 kg for males and ≤ 17 kg for females)- hand grip strength measurements below the threshold? Yes 1
No 0

*: Using the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale 20; **: The pedestrian crossing is calculated for a walking speed of 1m/sec.