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

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Suzele Cristina Coelho Fabrício-wehbe¹  Idiane Rosset Cruz¹  Vanderlei José Haas¹  Marina Aleixo Diniz¹  Rosana Aparecida Spadoti Dantas¹  Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues¹ 

关键词: Frail Elderly;    Nursing Methodology Validation;    Validation Studies;    Reproducibility of Results;    Geriatric Nursing;    Idoso Fragilizado;    Pesquisa Metodológica em Enfermagem;    Estudos de Validação;    Reprodutibilidade dos Testes;    Enfermagem Geriátrica;    Anciano Frágil;    Investigación Metodológica en Enfermería;    Estúdios de Validación;    Reproducibilidad de Resultados;    Enfermería Geriátrica;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0104-1169.2933.2371

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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