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Validation of the French version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying and assessing degree and type of frailty among older persons is a major challenge when targeting high risk populations to identify preventive interventions. The Vulnerable Elders Survey-(VES-13) is a simple instrument to identify frailty defined as risk for death, functional decline or institutionalization.

Objective

Translate VES-13 into French and validate it.

Methods

The French version of VES-13 was developed by forward-backward translation of the VES-13 survey instrument. The authors assessed its feasibility, construct validity, and ability to predict the combined outcomes of admission to institution or death at 18?months, in 135 persons over 70?years of age living in the community. Subjects were recruited from three settings: Group 1 - a health prevention center (n =?45); Group 2 - an ambulatory care geriatric clinic (n =?40); and Group 3 - an intermediate care hospital unit (n =?50). The combined outcomes data were recorded by telephone interview with participants or a proxy.

Results

Feasibility of the French version, named Echelle de Vulnérabilité des Ainés-13 or EVA-13, was excellent. The scale classified 5 (11%) persons as vulnerable (score of 3 or more) in Group 1, 23 (58%) in Group 2 and 45 (90%) in Group 3 (p ConclusionsEVA-13 was determined to be valid and reliable.

SUBMITTER: Belmin J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7003319 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Validation of the French version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13).

Belmin Joël J Khellaf Lyamna L Pariel Sylvie S Jarzebowski Witold W Valembois Lucie L Zeisel John J Lafuente-Lafuente Carmelo C

BMC medical research methodology 20200205 1

<h4>Background</h4>Identifying and assessing degree and type of frailty among older persons is a major challenge when targeting high risk populations to identify preventive interventions. The Vulnerable Elders Survey-(VES-13) is a simple instrument to identify frailty defined as risk for death, functional decline or institutionalization.<h4>Objective</h4>Translate VES-13 into French and validate it.<h4>Methods</h4>The French version of VES-13 was developed by forward-backward translation of the ...[more]

PMID: 32024470

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Validation of the French version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13).

Background

Objective

Methods

Results

Publications

Validation of the French version of the Vulnerable Elders Survey-13 (VES-13).

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