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Evidence summary

Rank #49Tool development / validationOA (BMC)

FAST frailty screening tool development and validation

BMC Geriatrics • 2021

De P, et al.

Open source

Quick takeaway

Tool development / validation evidence in Indian community elders focused on frailty screening and tracked predictive validity and accuracy. Frailty screening is a high-value triage tool for prevention and prioritization in primary care.

Why this matters

Frailty screening is a high-value triage tool for prevention and prioritization in primary care.

Key caution

The result is useful for decision support, but design and setting should still be checked before broad rollout.

FAST frailty screening tool development and validation