1. Short functional geriatric evaluation: Confirmatory factor analysis to assess the multidimensionality of frailty in community-dwelling older adults.
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Donnoli, Clara, Picardo, Giulia, Formosa, Valeria, Lorusso, Grazia, Gialloreti, Leonardo Emberti, Orlando, Stefano, and Liotta, Giuseppe
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• Europe's and Italy's population is ageing. • Frailty in older adults is considered a Public Health Issue. • There is the need for early identification because frailty is linked to institutionalization, hospitalization, and mortality. • Tool Development: Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation, a short, multidimensional questionnaire, aids frailty screening. • CFA Validation: The study confirms SFGE's validity through Confirmatory Factor Analysis. This paper explores the ageing population in Italy, where older adults account for more than 14 million individuals (in January 2023) and constitute 24.1 % of the total population. Frailty, a condition encompassing biological, psychological, social, and economic challenges, is recognised as a significant public health issue. The study introduces the Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation (SFGE) as a large-scale screening tool for frailty in community-dwelling older individuals. A Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was conducted on the SFGE. The CFA scrutinises the construct validity of SFGE using a sample population from the "Long Live the Elderly!" program in Italy. Initial results indicate an acceptable fit, prompting the incorporation of Modification Indices to enhance model performance. The refined CFA demonstrates that the SFGE model effectively captures the multidimensional nature of frailty. The text underscores the timeliness of identifying frailty, emphasising the need for simple, fast, and predictive tools to screen large populations efficiently. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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