Clinical Frailty Scale 🧓

Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS v2.0) for grading baseline fitness and frailty in older adults. Nine-point judgement-based scale — tap to select.

Overview

The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a judgement-based 9-point scale summarising overall fitness or frailty after clinical assessment. Higher scores indicate greater frailty and risk.
For acute illness, score the patient’s pre-morbid baseline (not current acute state), except grade 9 (terminally ill) where current state applies.
Commonly used in geriatrics, emergency medicine, oncology, perioperative assessment, and frailty screening. Tap the grade that best matches the description in the tool above.

Requires clinical judgement — match the written description, not pictorial examples alone.
If a patient fits two levels equally, score the higher (more dependent) level.
Grade 9 applies when life expectancy is <6 months from a defined illness, regardless of prior baseline frailty.

Tap the grade that matches baseline function

Score pre-morbid baseline for acute illness (except grade 9). Higher scores = greater frailty.

Educational reference only. Medical disclaimer

Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS v2.0) for grading baseline fitness and frailty in older adults. Nine-point judgement-based scale — tap to select.

The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) is a judgement-based 9-point scale summarising overall fitness or frailty after clinical assessment. Higher scores indicate greater frailty and risk.
For acute illness, score the patient’s pre-morbid baseline (not current acute state), except grade 9 (terminally ill) where current state applies.
Commonly used in geriatrics, emergency medicine, oncology, perioperative assessment, and frailty screening. Tap the grade that best matches the description in the tool above.

Requires clinical judgement — match the written description, not pictorial examples alone.
If a patient fits two levels equally, score the higher (more dependent) level.
Grade 9 applies when life expectancy is <6 months from a defined illness, regardless of prior baseline frailty.

Tap the grade that matches baseline function

Score pre-morbid baseline for acute illness (except grade 9). Higher scores = greater frailty.

Educational reference only. Medical disclaimer