Reproducibility of the Brazilian version of the Edmonton Frail Scale for elderly living in the community.

Autor:	Fabrício-Wehbe SC; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil., Cruz IR; Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto AlegreRS, Brazil., Haas VJ; Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, UberabaMG, Brazil., Diniz MA; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil., Dantas RA; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil., Rodrigues RA; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão PretoSP, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Revista latino-americana de enfermagem [Rev Lat Am Enfermagem] 2013 Nov-Dec; Vol. 21 (6), pp. 1330-6.
DOI:	10.1590/0104-1169.2933.2371
Abstrakt:	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.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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