Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS)
Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS; Rolfson 2006): nine domains summed to max 17.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Cognition / clock-drawing
- Minor spacing errors
- Hospital admissions past year
- 1 to 2
- Self-rated health
- Fair
- IADLs needing help
- 2 to 4 need help
- Social support
- Sometimes
- Timed Up and Go
- 11 to 20 seconds
- Takes 5 or more prescription medications
- Yes
- Recent weight loss
- Yes
Result: Edmonton Frail Scale 8 of 17 — mild frailty.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Domains
- cognition, hospitalizations, self-rated health, IADLs, social support, TUG (0-2 each) + 5 yes/no items (meds x2, weight loss, mood, incontinence) = 0-17.
- Bands
- 0-5 not frail, 6-7 apparently vulnerable, 8-9 mild, 10-11 moderate, 12-17 severe frailty.
What you enter
- Cognition / clock-drawing (points)
- Hospital admissions past year (points)
- Self-rated health (points)
- IADLs needing help (points)
- Social support (points)
- Takes 5 or more prescription medications
- At times forgets medications
- Recent weight loss
The other 3 fields
- Often feels sad or depressed
- Urinary incontinence
- Timed Up and Go (points)
How this is calculated
Rolfson DB, Majumdar SR, Tsuyuki RT, Tahir A, Rockwood K. Validity and reliability of the Edmonton Frail Scale. Age Ageing. 2006;35(5):526-529. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.