Myeloma Frailty Score
- Administration time: 5 minutes
- Relies on self-report and medical history
- Predicts mortality and treatment toxicity in patients with myeloma
1. Katz activity of daily living
Does the patient need help from another person to perform the following activities (Check all that apply)?
2. Lawton instrumental activity of daily living
Does the patient need help from another person to perform the following activities (Check all that apply)?
3. Charlson Comorbidity Index
Which of the following conditions does the patient have (please check “Yes” to all that apply)?
Key references
- Palumbo A, Bringhen S, Mateos MV, Larocca A, Facon T, Kumar SK, Offidani M, McCarthy P, Evangelista A, Lonial S, Zweegman S, Musto P, Terpos E, Belch A, Hajek R, Ludwig H, Stewart AK, Moreau P, Anderson K, Einsele H, Durie BG, Dimopoulos MA, Landgren O, San Miguel JF, Richardson P, Sonneveld P, Rajkumar SV. Geriatric assessment predicts survival and toxicities in elderly myeloma patients: an International Myeloma Working Group report. Blood. 2015 Mar 26;125(13):2068-74. doi: 10.1182/blood-2014-12-615187. Epub 2015 Jan 27. Erratum in: Blood. 2016 Mar 3;127(9):1213. Erratum in: Blood. 2016 Mar 3;127(9):1213. Erratum in: Blood. 2016 Aug 18;128(7):1020. PMID: 25628469; PMCID: PMC4375104.
- Myeloma Frailty Score Calculator. Available at: http://www.myelomafrailtyscorecalculator.net/