Clinical Frailty Scale Calculator

The FRAIL scale is a 5-item screening questionnaire covering Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation, Illnesses, and Loss of weight. Each item scores 0 or 1 point, for a total of 0 to 5. A score of 0 means robust, 1-2 means pre-frail, and 3-5 means frail. It screens for frailty risk — it does not diagnose it.

Calculate clinical frailty scale quickly and accurately. Enter your values and get instant results with this free online calculator.

Answer each question based on how you've been doing over the past few weeks and the past year.

1.Over the past 4 weeks, have you felt tired most of the time or all of the time?
2.Without using any aids, do you have difficulty walking up 10 steps without resting?
3.Without using any aids, do you have difficulty walking several hundred yards (about one block)?
4.Have you lost more than 5% of your body weight compared to one year ago?

This calculator is a screening tool, not a diagnostic instrument. A score in the pre-frail or frail range doesn't confirm a clinical diagnosis of frailty — only a qualified clinician can do that, through a proper exam and history. If your result concerns you, bring it to your doctor rather than acting on it alone.

Sources

  1. Morley JE, Malmstrom TK, Miller DK. A simple frailty questionnaire (FRAIL) predicts outcomes in middle aged African Americans. J Nutr Health Aging. 2012;16(7):601-608.
  2. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — eFrailty: FRAIL Scale Tool