Detection of social frailty in older adults: validation and reliability of the Makizako Social Frailty Index for Turkish older adults, a cross-sectional study
Cansu Atbas, Huseyin Sayin, Didem Karaduman, Zeynep Sahiner, Merve Hafizoglu, Murat Pehlivan, Cafer Balci, Burcu Balam Dogu, Meltem Halil, Mustafa Cankurtaran · 2025
Read Detection of social frailty in older adults: validation and reliability of the Makizako Social Frailty Index for Turkish older adults, a cross-sectional study by Cansu Atbas, Huseyin Sayin, Didem Karaduman, Zeynep Sahiner, Merve Hafizoglu, Murat Pehlivan, Cafer Balci, Burcu Balam Dogu, Meltem Halil, Mustafa Cankurtaran (2025) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-12849728.txt.
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Cansu Atbas and co-authors test in this 2025 study whether a Japanese social frailty scale works for older adults in Turkey. Social frailty, the loss of social ties and roles, matters more as populations age. The team gave the five-item Makizako index to 170 patients at a university geriatric clinic and checked it against a standard frailty scale, with repeat and second-rater checks.
The index agreed moderately with the standard scale. Its repeat and second-rater scores were excellent, and a low score ruled out frailty well, though a high score confirmed it weakly. The authors judge the Turkish version valid and reliable for clinic use, a quick screen for a quiet risk.
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| CREATOR | Cansu Atbas, Huseyin Sayin, Didem Karaduman, Zeynep Sahiner, Merve Hafizoglu, Murat Pehlivan, Cafer Balci, Burcu Balam Dogu, Meltem Halil, Mustafa Cankurtaran |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |