FRAIL Scale

Are you fatigued most or all of the time?

Assesses exhaustion component of frailty.

Do you have difficulty walking up one flight of stairs without resting?

Proxy for muscle weakness/sarcopenia.

Do you have difficulty walking one block without resting?

Proxy for slow gait speed.

Do you have more than 5 illnesses?

Check: hypertension, diabetes, cancer, chronic lung disease, heart attack, congestive heart failure, angina, asthma, arthritis, stroke, kidney disease.

Have you lost more than 5% of your body weight in the past 6 months?

Must be unintentional weight loss.