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Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) : Part A Determinants of Frailty

The document describes the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), a screening tool used to assess frailty. It contains two parts: Part A examines determinants of frailty including demographic factors and health-related events. Part B contains physical, psychological, and social components of frailty and is scored on a scale of 0 to 15, with a cutpoint of 5 indicating higher frailty. The TFI was translated to English and its psychometric properties were evaluated in a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in 2010.

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Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI) : Part A Determinants of Frailty

The document describes the Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI), a screening tool used to assess frailty. It contains two parts: Part A examines determinants of frailty including demographic factors and health-related events. Part B contains physical, psychological, and social components of frailty and is scored on a scale of 0 to 15, with a cutpoint of 5 indicating higher frailty. The TFI was translated to English and its psychometric properties were evaluated in a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association in 2010.

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Tilburg Frailty Indicator (TFI)*

Gobbens RJJ, van Assen MALM, Luijkx KG, Wijnen-Sponselee MTh, Schols JMGA. The Tilburg
Frailty Indicator: psychometric properties. J Am Med Dir Assoc 2010; 11(5):344-355.

Part A Determinants of frailty

1. Which sex are you? 0 male 0 female

2. What is your age? ............................ years

3. What is your marital status? 0 married/living with partner


0 unmarried
0 separated/divorced
0 widow/widower

4. In which country were you born? 0 The Netherlands


0 Former Dutch East Indies
0 Suriname
0 Netherlands Antilles
0 Turkey
0 Morocco
0 Other, namely................

5. What is the highest level of education you have completed? 0 none or primary education
0 secondary education
0 higher professional or
university education

6. Which category indicates your net monthly household income? 0 €600 or less
0 €601 - €900
0 €901 - €1200
0 €1201 - €1500
0 €1501 - €1800
0 €1801 - €2100
0 €2101 or more

7. Overall, how healthy would you say your lifestyle is? 0 healthy
0 not healthy, not unhealthy
0 unhealthy

8. Do you have two or more diseases and/or chronic disorders? 0 yes 0 no

9. Have you experienced one or more of the following events


during the past year?
- the death of a loved one 0 yes 0 no
- a serious illness yourself 0 yes 0 no
- a serious illness in a loved one 0 yes 0 no
- a divorce or ending of an important intimate relationship 0 yes 0 no
- a traffic accident 0 yes 0 no
- a crime 0 yes 0 no

10. Are you satisfied with your home living environment? 0 yes 0 no
Part B Components of frailty

B1 Physical components

11. Do you feel physically healthy? 0 yes 0 no

12. Have you lost a lot of weight recently without wishing 0 yes 0 no
to do so?
(‘a lot’ is: 6 kg or more during the last six months, or
3 kg or more during the last month)

Do you experience problems in your daily life due to:

13. ...........difficulty in walking? 0 yes 0 no

14. ..........difficulty maintaining your balance? 0 yes 0 no

15. ..........poor hearing? 0 yes 0 no

16. ..........poor vision? 0 yes 0 no

17. ...........lack of strength in your hands? 0 yes 0 no

18. ...........physical tiredness? 0 yes 0 no

B2 Psychological components

19. Do you have problems with your memory? 0 yes 0 sometimes 0 no

20. Have you felt down during the last month? 0 yes 0 sometimes 0 no

21. Have you felt nervous or anxious during the last month? 0 yes 0 sometimes 0 no

22. Are you able to cope with problems well? 0 yes 0 no

B3 Social components

23. Do you live alone? 0 yes 0 no

24. Do you sometimes miss having people around you? 0 yes 0 sometimes 0 no

25. Do you receive enough support from other people? 0 yes 0 no

*
The TFI was translated into English using the method of back-translation.
Scoring Part B Components of frailty (range: 0 – 15)

Question 11: yes = 0, no = 1

Question 12 – 18: no = 0, yes = 1

Question 19: no and sometimes = 0, yes = 1

Question 20 and 21: no = 0, yes and sometimes = 1

Question 22: yes = 0, no = 1

Question 23: no = 0, yes = 1

Question 24: no = 0, yes and sometimes = 1

Question 25: yes = 0, no = 1

Cutpoint: 5

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