Reproducibility of the Brazilian version of the Edmonton Frail Scale for elderly living in the community
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Reprodutibilidade da versão brasileira adaptada da Edmonton Frail Scale para idosos residentes na comunidade
Reproductibilidad de la versión brasileña adaptada de la Edmonton Frail Scale para ancianos residentes en la comunidad
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Objective: to verify the inter and intra-rater reproducibility of the Brazilian adapted version of the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) in an elderly group of residents. Method: in order to test the inter-rater reproducibility, two assessments were independently conducted by two researchers on the same day but at different times, in a sample of 103 elderly. Concerning the intra-rater reproducibility, the instrument was administered to 83 elderly (80.6% of the initial sample) by the same researcher in ...
Objective: to verify the inter and intra-rater reproducibility of the Brazilian adapted version of the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) in an elderly group of residents. Method: in order to test the inter-rater reproducibility, two assessments were independently conducted by two researchers on the same day but at different times, in a sample of 103 elderly. Concerning the intra-rater reproducibility, the instrument was administered to 83 elderly (80.6% of the initial sample) by the same researcher in a time gap of 15 days between the two assessments. Results and Discussion: in relation to the inter-rater test, the Kappa was 0.81 (CI 0.61-1.00) and the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) corresponded to 0.87 (CI 0.82-0.91, p<0.001). In relation to the intra-rater test, the Kappa was 0.83 (CI 0.72-0.94) and the ICC 0.87 (CI 0.81-1.00, p<0.001). Conclusion: the results show that the EFS is reliable and can be used as a tool to improve geriatric nursing care in Brazil. ...
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Revista latino-americana de enfermagem. Vol. 21, n. 6 (2013), p. 1330-1336
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