Tilburg Frailty Indicator
- Administration time: 5 minutes
- Relies on self-report only
- Multidimensional assessment
Physical components
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1. “Do you feel physically healthy?”
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2. “Have you lost a lot of weight recently without wishing to do so?
(‘a lot’ is: 6 kg or more during the last 6 months or 3 kg or more during the last month)”
3. “Do you experience problems in your daily life due to:”
Psychological components
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4. “Do you have problems with your memory?”
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5. “Have you felt down during the last month?”
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6. “Have you felt nervous or anxious during the last month?”
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7. “Are you able to cope with problems well?”
Social components
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8. “Do you live alone?”
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9. “Do you sometimes miss having people around you?”
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10. “Do you have enough support from other people?”
Key references
- Gobbens RJ, van Assen MA, Luijkx KG, Wijnen-Sponselee MT, Schols JM. The Tilburg Frailty Indicator: psychometric properties. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2010 Jun;11(5):344-55. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.11.003. Epub 2010 May 8. PMID: 20511102.
- Gobbens RJ, van Assen MA, Luijkx KG, Schols JM. The predictive validity of the Tilburg Frailty Indicator: disability, health care utilization, and quality of life in a population at risk. Gerontologist. 2012 Oct;52(5):619-31. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnr135. Epub 2012 Jan 4. PMID: 22217462.