Frailty is conceptualized as decreased physiologic reserve and inability to withstand physical and psychological stressors. The goal of frailty measurement is to identify high-risk older adults and to target interventions to prevent adverse health outcomes. Despite the utility of frailty in identifying older adults at risk, and an abundance of frailty measures in the literature, healthcare providers continue to lack pragmatic tools to cost-effectively screen large patient populations for frailty.
