Development of the Lung Transplant Frailty Scale (LT-FS).
Jonathan P SingerJason D ChristieJoshua M DiamondMichaela A AndersonLuke A BenvenutoYing GaoSelim M ArcasoyDavid J LedererDaniel CalabresePing WangSteven R HaysJasleen KukrejaAida VenadoNicholas A KolaitisLorriana E LeardRupal J ShahMary Ellen KleinhenzJeffrey GoldenLegna BetancourtMichelle OysterDerek ZaleskiJoe AdlerLaurel KalmanPriya BalarShreena PatelNikhila MedikondaBrittany KoonsMichael TevaldKenneth E CovinskyJohn R GreenlandPatti K KatzPublished in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation (2023)
The LT-FS is a disease-specific physical frailty measure with face and construct validity that has superior predictive validity over established measures.