Measuring Frailty Using Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Data: A Feasibility Study in Patients with Multiple Myeloma.
Meena N MurugappanBellinda L King-KallimanisVishal BhatnagarBindu KanapuruJoel F FarleyRandall D SeifertDavid D StenehjemTing-Yu ChenErica G HorodniceanuPaul G KluetzPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2023)
Constructing a frailty scale from existing PRO items commonly collected in cancer trials may be a patient-centric and practical approach to measuring frailty. Additional psychometric evaluation and research is warranted to further explore the utility of such an approach.